Comparing Leo Messi's Football Manager stats since 2005

Imagine yourself 10 years ago; there's a good chance you weren't as good at some things as you're now. Equally, depending on age, there's probably a few parts of your life where your attributes have fallen. 

We live in an age where we can feel genuinely privileged that we've been able to watch Lionel Messi go from  up and coming teen sensation to perhaps the world's greatest ever player and man of the most annoying Facebook comment on the planet! But of course whilst Messi has been achieving ridiculous amounts in the last 10 years he wasn't always so great.

A decade ago Messi nearly signed for Rangers on loan after Alex McLeish's son saw the brilliance of the Argentine on Football Manager but on the game with Barcelona starlet didn't start with great stats;

 As you can see back then the 17 year-old didn't even hit the high of double figures for his passing, technique, flair, influence, positioning or composure!

That's in comparison to how he started last year's game;

How times have changed ey...

                                                       source: theSportsbible