something about how the club medical services worded their stament suggest that messi has an ungoing problem 4 a while now
hmmm
jus found this intersting piece............the writer is obviously a real madrid fan though
When parents of Messi had realized how big of a soccer talent their son possesses, they dropped the interest of their son's intellectual and spiritual development. They shifted all their affords towards Messi's soccer career.
Everyday his father Jorge was driving his son to 30 miles far away from home Newell's Old Boys Rosario club, not letting him skip even one practice.
At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. After River Plate showed interest in Messi's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for the treatment of the illness, Messi's father found a job in Spain and moved to Barcelona with the whole family.
Soon after arrival to Europe he introduced his young son to Barcelona's youth coaches. Barcelona signed Messi to club's youth teams and offered to pay all medical bills related to his illness.
Unfortunately Messi's parents had a completely different approach to young boy's responsibilities at school and at home then to his soccer duties.