What happened to ex-Premier League hotshot who 'claimed he was better than Lionel Messi'?
What happened to ex-Premier League hotshot who 'claimed he was better than Lionel Messi'?
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Hugo Rodallega was compared to Lionel Messi in the 1990s. He was top scorer in the South American U20 Championship with 11 goals. It was then that he was said to have claimed he was better than Argentina's rising star. That comment followed the striker throughout his journeyman career. Rodallega was a cult hero during the mid-to-late noughties and early 2010s. His goals, including the winner in a 1-0 victory away at Stoke City on the final day of the 2010/11 season, were vital to preserving the Latics' Premier League status. He left for Fulham at the end of his contract in the summer of 2012, failing to have as big an impact in the capital. Now aged 39, he is still firing in the goals back in his home country.
