Longing to Emulate Lionel Messi in Barcelona, 16YO Prodigy Admits Watching Neymar’s Videos to Learn

A lot of young players are growing up to be potential superstars from this generation. The hunt for young talent outside of Europe has existed since Pele and Diego Maradona’s days. However, talents from Brazil will never go out of supply. We see many players getting inspired by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but this particular young sensation from Brazil confessed to watching videos of Neymar.

Clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid have a legacy which is why talented youngsters always aspire to join them. Currently, in the limelight is a 16-year-old Neymar-inspired Brazilian on every club’s radar who has publicly expressed his interest in joining Barcelona.

One Brazilian to the next, Neymar inspires the next-generation star alongside Lionel Messi

Neymar was the next best thing coming out of Brazil for the soccer universe in the last decade. The Santos soccer star scored over 70 goals in Brazil before arriving at FC Barcelona. The veteran was always the main star of the team during his early days at Santos. Despite his injury crisis, Neymar has always been a role model to young soccer aspirants. Most recently, the 31-year-old was a second role model apart from Lionel Messi for young Estevao Willian.

Estevao Willian said, “A player I like aside from Messi? I really like Neymar, who is also Brazilian and one of the best in the world. I also watch videos of him.” The interviewer asked Willian, a Lionel Messi fanatic, to name another player he likes. The 16-year-old did not hesitate to say it was Neymar. Neymar, a close friend of Lionel Messi, usually attracts an enormous fan base from the Brazilian crowd and players.

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The Palmeiras star also follows FC Barcelona avidly. The older FC Barcelona lineup was one of the best teams that included Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez, which won the treble in 2015. Interestingly, young Willian also wants to follow a similar route. Let’s dive deeper.

The little Messi in Estevao Willian

Although Estevao Willian admits to watching Neymar’s videos, his biggest icon is Lionel Messi. While recently speaking about his fascination for Messi, Estevao stated, “How can I explain in words that everything he does is phenomenal, I always try to reproduce him on the pitch”, as compiled by BarcaUniversal. The player is also called Messinho, which means little Messi because of the similarity in the style of play.

Estevao’s current team, i.e. Palmeiras is one of the most successful teams in Brazil winning eleven national titles and has three Copa Libertadores. In the future, Estevao would like to play for Barcelona alongside his countryman Vitor Roque and Spanish player Lamine Yamal. With many stars like Endrick, Estevao, and Vitorr Roque turning eighteen soon, fans expect La Liga to be filled with Brazilian skills in the coming years.

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