Thuram was coached at La Masia when his father, Lillian Thuram, played for Barca.
He recalled: “I went to training and left my shoes at home and the player whose shoe size was closest to mine was Lionel Messi.
“Back then, Messi was already the incredible player he is today, but for me, who was just a kid, he was one of my father's teammates who lent me a pair of shoes to go to training.”
Messi, a four-time Champions League winner with Barça, even let Marcus keep those boots. However, in a somewhat reckless decision, he gave them to one of his teammates from the Olympique de Neuilly youth team.
“I saw the reaction of one of my best friends at the time. He was freaking out when he saw the boots, so I told him,” Marcus explains. “If you like them so much, you can keep them,” and I gave them to him.”
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