Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi, has revealed how he
injected himself with hormones every night as a child.
Messi told America TV that he had to inject his own
legs every night, from when he was 12 years old.
The Argentine suffered from a growth hormone
deficiency when he was growing up in Rosario, in the Argentinian state of Santa
Fe.
“I injected my legs once every night. I started at 12
years old. It was not something that left an impression on me.
“At first my parents gave me the injections from when
I was eight years old until I learnt. It was a small needle.
“It did not hurt, it was something routine for me that
I had to do and I did it with normality,” Messi said.
His parents had to pay a reported $1,500 a month for
the hormones, until his former club Newell’s Old Boys offered to pay for some
of the treatment.
Messi moved with his family to Barcelona in 2001 at
the age of 13 and the Spanish club paid for all his medical needs until he
finished the hormone treatment at 14.
Messi reveals how he injected himself every night
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