Famous players when they were young

[Village Idiot]

They were homaging an Atlético youth team for winning the league and Jesús Gil - then Atlético's prez - singles out Raúl as the best player in the team, with 55 goals scored.

 

The following season, Gil disbanded Atlético's youth setup citing financial concerns and Raúl joined Real Madrid.

 

Oooooh, it stings. Have Barca ever let any amazing players go (Fabregas aside)

 

Youth player? Arteta and Alba come to mind, although we rebought the latter.

 

Speaking of Reina, this gets me to another photo:

 

http://efeitofuria.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/pepe-reina-valdes-barcelona.jpg

 

I didn't realise that Arteta had been at Barca. Hmm.

 

http://periodistasdeportivos.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/arteta.jpg

 

Rangers offered a lot of money for him (€6m for a young Spanish player was a lot of money in 2002), and we were in bad financial shape, so he was sold. Also, him and Xavi came through at about the same time, and the staff considered that we could only develop one young midfielder properly.

[Guest reefatoon]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MrVp1TzXEAQ/T6diPAZBDrI/AAAAAAAAstM/YVcuIzljteI/s1600/Fabricio%2BColoccini%2B19%2Bsize.jpg

[Ryan]

Looks so strange man

[Village Idiot]

Looks so strange man

 

Yeah

 

Keeping with the theme...

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2kDbbXIFrTs/R8hv55mveAI/AAAAAAAAAVY/N36RTE88y-I/s400/David+Luiz.jpg

[Disco]

http://spe.fotolog.com/photo/14/32/95/javii__ii/1236186615002_f.jpg

http://www.somosdiablos.com.ar/media/galeria/111/3/6/1/5/n_independiente_historicos_y_ex_diablos-2905163.jpg

[Dr Colossus]

Keeping with VI's theme

 

Xavi

 

http://bolavip.com/img/fotogalerias/legacy/n48314.jpg

Iker

 

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/wp-content/gallery/young-puyol/puyol4.jpg

Puyi

 

Bonus Shearer

 

http://i4.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article1427206.ece/binary/alan-shearer-during-his-schooldays-319789794.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/30/article-2548992-1B143A2100000578-344_306x423.jpg

[Dr Colossus]

I like this thread

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gJMCSTp8SGs/SZ3wsyY5qKI/AAAAAAAAB4s/bdotH3H7ltg/s400/T-Henry.jpg

Thierry still a pimp even then.

 

http://brato.bg/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ronaldinho-as-child-15396818__MBHF.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AvrV9pBFmtk/UJIWVmvV_1I/AAAAAAAACXU/-i8M9CyyuTY/s1600/rooney.jpg

[Jill]

http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article94134.ece/alternates/s615/image-5-for-editorial-pics-28-11-11-gallery-809778512.jpg

[Mike]

I don't recognize anyone unless the name is there.

[HawK]

I don't recognize anyone unless the name is there.

 

Really ?

[Dr Colossus]

Zlatan masterpost.

 

 

 

 

http://cs412327.vk.me/v412327918/4f4/8kfaNlmzvIk.jpg

 

http://photos.leblogfoot.fr/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-enfant-%C3%A0-l%C3%A9cole.jpg

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4U8G97wJNPU/UnYyNvZD8cI/AAAAAAAAAVM/AHFVm_I-H-w/s640/zlatan+ibragimovich.jpg

 

http://www.metronews.fr/_internal/gxml!0/r0dc21o2f3vste5s7ezej9x3a10rp3w$3bp374qd1t7vl4dlsuldgfm0qmgu6tu/Capture-decran-2013-01-24-a-17.jpeg

 

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/8aAZ1YwUYVA/hqdefault.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V1vVWwVQCkc/UQE4GC0OkeI/AAAAAAAAAWs/PH5tkvN5Me8/s640/Ibra.jpg

 

 

 

[Mike]

I don't recognize anyone unless the name is there.

 

Really ?

 

Sorry.

[Guest firetotheworks]

This hasn't been posted in a while.

 

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00375/Berbatov_375683a.jpg

 

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

I don't recognize anyone unless the name is there.

 

Really ?

 

Sorry.

You must have blindness.

 

It is always remarkable to me how little the area between the the eyebrow and the chin changes as we age, even though every thing else changes drastically.

[Mike]

I don't have blindness.

 

Who is that in Jill's post?

[Disco]

I don't have blindness.

 

Who is that in Jill's post?

 

Nelson Mandela

[JB]

I don't have blindness.

 

Who is that in Jill's post?

 

Reverse image search, you clown.

[Village Idiot]

A round of gifted South-Americans with questionable teeth:

 

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/10/article-2099525-11A7E845000005DC-68_306x423.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JXCWMQY9mf8/SxCduCfPnJI/AAAAAAAAAr0/dc9pbWFTOIs/carlos-tevez-3.jpg

http://tadtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ronaldinhojr4.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rq1J6yu8yg4/TVwoN1datwI/AAAAAAAABkk/NPlXLRYRdW0/s1600/ronaldo-menino.jpg

[Robbo]

Zlatan masterpost.

 

 

 

 

http://cs412327.vk.me/v412327918/4f4/8kfaNlmzvIk.jpg

 

http://photos.leblogfoot.fr/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-enfant-%C3%A0-l%C3%A9cole.jpg

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4U8G97wJNPU/UnYyNvZD8cI/AAAAAAAAAVM/AHFVm_I-H-w/s640/zlatan+ibragimovich.jpg

 

http://www.metronews.fr/_internal/gxml!0/r0dc21o2f3vste5s7ezej9x3a10rp3w$3bp374qd1t7vl4dlsuldgfm0qmgu6tu/Capture-decran-2013-01-24-a-17.jpeg

 

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/8aAZ1YwUYVA/hqdefault.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V1vVWwVQCkc/UQE4GC0OkeI/AAAAAAAAAWs/PH5tkvN5Me8/s640/Ibra.jpg

 

 

 

 

No nose, no nose... BLAM!

[Village Idiot]

Iniesta with his birthday cake

 

http://img02.mundodeportivo.com/2014/09/17/Iniesta-una-vida-en-el-Barca-T_54415114382_54115221154_600_396.jpg

[Guest firetotheworks]

He's 17 there, fwiw.

[jonsnabelaan]

skip to 1:40

 

[huss9]

skip to 1:40

 

 

7.34 - the spectator taking one in he face 

[Fugazi]

Zlatan masterpost.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V1vVWwVQCkc/UQE4GC0OkeI/AAAAAAAAAWs/PH5tkvN5Me8/s640/Ibra.jpg

 

 

Was he off to the Hacienda afterwards?

[Jericho]

http://cdn21.se.smcloud.net/t/photos/thumbnails/170685/lewy_640x0_rozmiar-niestandardowy.jpg