How the "Israeli Messi" ruined his career | Oh My Goal

Gai Yigaal Assulin is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga I club Politehnica Iași. As a teenager, he was registered at Barcelona and Manchester City, but did not make a league appearance for either team. He spent short amount of time at a variety of teams mostly in Spain. Assulin was the Israel national team’s youngest player of all-time.

Why do you think he didn’t live up to everyone’s expectations?

Gai Assulin was seen as the Israeli Messi. Assulin was one of the best young players in La Masia (FC Barcelona). But Assulin never followed in Messi’s footsteps. The Israeli even struggled to even stay in the same league as Messi...

Source: Unisport