Real Mallorca Young Players Annoyed to be Called Similar to Lionel Messi

DBasia.news – The young player from Real Mallorca, Luka Romero admitted reluctant to be equated with Lionel Messi. Even the player who have appeared in Laliga 2019/2020 feels upset.

Romero made his debut at LaLiga when Mallorca defeated 0-2 from Real Madrid at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano on Thursday (6/25/2020). He started from the bench in the 83rd minute replacing Idrissu Baba.

Romero became the youngest player to appear at the LaLiga at the age of 15 years 219 days, breaking Franciso Bao Rodriguez’s record. Rodriguez played at the age of 15 years and 255 days when Celta Vigo faced Sevilla on 31st of December 1939.

Romero’s appearance immediately became a spotlight. He was even compared with Lionel Messi as Barcelona star, who debuted in LaLiga at the age of 17 years 114 days.

“I am upset that people compared me to (Lionel) Messi, because there is only one Messi and I want to make a name for myself in football as Luka Romero,” Romero said as quoted by Marca.

Romero was born in Durango, a city in northern Mexico on November 18th, 2004. His father, named Diego Adrian Romero, an Argentine soccer player, had also played in several Mexican teams.

“I was born in Mexico but my family is from Argentina, I have three nationalities (including Spain). If they still want me in Argentina, I will continue to play in Argentina, if that is possible,” he continued.

“Four or five years ago since I went (to Argentina) to celebrate Christmas, I knew about Quilmes (a club in Argentina), but not much. I really wanted to train with the Argentine team, at Quilmes, because my father had played there, “Romero stressed.