MESSI has grown arrogant claims the man who found him

• zocoss

  30 May 10, 14:07

  MESSI'S GROWN TOO BIG FOR HIS BOOTS

  Argentinian ace has sold out

  

  MESSI: Has grown arrogant claims the man who found him

   

   

   

  LIONEL MESSI has been accused by the man who discovered him of selling out to fame and fortune. 

  Ernesto Vecchio, who launched Messi's career in Argentina, says the world's top player now shuns him and has turned his back on his humble beginnings. 

  Vecchio spotted Messi playing in the street and took him to Newell's Old Boys, where he coached him before he left for Barcelona as a 12-year-old. 

  But Vecchio, 58, said: "It's over 10 years since we spoke. It's a shame kids forget some things when they find success. 

  "In 2006 I heard he was in Rosario and I went to his house to catch up with old times. 

  "They told me he wasn't there, but it was a lie. He must have been afraid I would ask him for something. Money changes people a bit."

• Poignant

  30 May 10, 14:11

  this man haven't met ronaldo yet.