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Player once dubbed Barcelona's 'next Messi' is now playing with Andreas Iniesta in Japan
“the next Messi” over the years, but one can credibly lay claim to being the first.It was back in 2006, when Lionel Messi himself was just 19 and two years into his Barcelona career, that Bojan Krkic was first compared with the Argentine genius.It was French publication Foot Mercato who can perhaps lay claim to making the first comparison, publishing an article titled ‘Bojan Krkic: the future Messi?’ 15 years ago.Fast-forward to the present day and we can probably answer that question with a resounding no.Because although Bojan has embarked on a long professional career which has taken him all over the world, he has not come close to reaching the heights of Messi.He did have plenty to back up the hype at the time, however.Like Messi, Bojan
