Guardiola invents the 'Mini-Messi' Goalscorer, dribbler and organizer, Phil Foden, 23, visits the Bernabéu as the player who is emerging with the most strength in the new generation of talents. No one has made a bigger evolutionary leap so far this season, and no one has done it in more dimensions.

It is in his hands to establish himself as an excellent footballer or get closer to the planet that Messi inhabited. He has become, along with Rodri, the most influential player on the team.