The Comic Saga of the Next Messi Hunt…
Grab your popcorn, footie fans, because the artful world of Premier League nitpicking has raised the curtain on the next Messi! Meet Franco Mastantuono, the pint-sized magician from River Plate, whose dribbling tricks put Houdini to shame. Manchester United and Chelsea are arm-wrestling for the lad’s autograph, but hold your vuvuzelas; Manchester City just might have their mitts full of trump cards!
A lot more’s on display than Mastantuono’s magic mitts of goals and tackles. River Plate’s resident wonderkid has shown off his brilliance across 42 marathons, er, matches, netting four goals that are being frame-worthy. Fellow Argentinians are placing bets with their empanadas that this 17-year-old is more of a comet than a shooting star. Enter Matias Almeyda, who declares the boy a prodigious Messi successor faster than you can say “footballati, smampshire!”
Meanwhile, our boy is being hailed as the treasure map to a vault of footballing fortune—by none other than World Cup champ Enzo Fernandez. Can he keep his cool like Gallardo suggests, or will he take to Europe like a duck to glittery water? No one can eclipse the Neymar-fueled drama like a Manchester City swoop and harpoon from the Etihad dance floors. But River Plate’s bookshelf is already stuffed with pounds, so should Mastantuono stay comfy in his red and white slippers? Only the next transfer window can reveal this epic tale!
