@final_score_football: Samuel Eto’o once made a legendary statement about his early days alongside Lionel Messi at Barcelona. When asked about playing with Messi, he famously replied: “No, I didn’t play with Lionel Messi. In my day, it was Messi who played with me.” At the time, Eto’o was already a global superstar and Barcelona’s main attacking figure, while Messi was a young talent breaking into the first team. Eto’o wasn’t questioning Messi’s greatness — he was simply highlighting that, during those years, the teenager was learning and growing alongside an established star. Years later, he would still praise Messi as one of the greatest players football has ever seen.

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