Hyderabad, July 16 -- In international football, the glare of the spotlights is usually focussed on the top-level leagues. These include the English Premier League, the La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and the UEFA Champions League. Very little exposure is given to the junior levels. But it is there that talent blossoms, and one can see a future legend beginning to take root.

There is at least one such example that is showing us glimpses of a great future. How far he will go depends on his hard work and his destiny. Given the environment in which he is growing up, there is every likelihood that he will be a star one day. The lad in question is none other than Thiago Messi, the eldest son of Lionel Messi.

Thiago, born in 2012 in Barcelona, ...