Former Ghana star Bernard Dong-Bortey has picked Real Madrid teenager Vinicius Junior over Barcelona’s Ansu Fati as the most exciting young player in the world, adding the latter’s development could be hampered by the presence of Lionel Messi at the Blaugrana.
After making his big breakthrough with 18 league appearances last season, Brazil’s 19-year-old Vinicius is on a mission to solidify a place in the Madrid set-up this season, having so far made 19 La Liga outings and netted twice.
Fati is enjoying his own breakthrough at Barcelona this term but after losing the Goal 2020 NxGn Award to Real Madrid’s Rodrygo on Tuesday, Bortey believes 17-year-old Fati could suffer from playing in the shadows of six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi.