The 20-year-old has so far failed to break into Chelsea’s first team, but he still has sky-high ambitions.
“I would like to be the new Messi. We know each other quite a lot,” he told La Nacion.
“When we met in last season’s Champions League I gave him my congratulations, he is a great player.
“I spoke all that I could with him but he is a bit shy.”
