Manchester City have already shown there is no replacement for the real thing with Lionel Messi
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox "I don't think it's a good comparison.
I think, personally, it hurt me a little bit in the first place." Those are the words of former Barcelona and Manchester City forward Gai Assulin - the one-time Israeli prospect who was billed as 'the next Lionel Messi'.
For the best part of 15 years, Messi has dominated world football with long-term 'rival' Cristiano Ronaldo. As such, any fleet-footed and left-sided forward that has set foot in the La Masia - Barcelona's famed youth centre - has seen expectations on their own progression heightened.
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