We know almost everything about the footballer Lionel Messi. Dribbles, goals and titles galore. But what about Lionel Messi the man?

In an internal report from 2002, the fitness instructors of Barça reported that Leo Messi was the player the less involved in training sessions.

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Off the pitch, the Argentinian spends his time sleeping. A little too much, since Leo spends nearly 12 hours per day in the arms of Morpheus. Sleep which as a child, could be justified by his hormonal treatment (sleep allowed him to regenerate its cells), but today has become a necessity.

“If you don’t get him out of bed, the games can begin without him,” says Fernando Signorini, the former physical trainer of the Argentine. An idea supported by the half-sister of the genius, Marisol: “He is happy when he sleeps. But when you ask him to get up, he gets annoyed. Even going out for a walk is tiresome.”

Lethargy which, moreover, has long worried the fitness instructors of Barça. In an internal report from 2002, they reported that little Leo was ” the player the less involved in training sessions. He correctly did what was asked of him, but always in the shadow of its partners, and without showing any initiative. ‘