Wang Yi was overjoyed when he heard that. "That's wonderful. I couldn't ask for more than to be trained by a top player like you."
In fact, with Argentina's talent pool dwindling in recent years, the National Team led by Messi hadn't achieved good results.
Their best finish had been reaching the World Cup's round of 16.
Clearly, that result hadn't satisfied Argentina's fans.
And with the team losing more often than it won, someone had to take the blame. More often than not, that someone was the coach.
His coaching ability had been criticized by many Argentine media outlets and fans.
At the same time, a new leader who had recently taken over the National Team disagreed with many of Messi's coaching philosophies.
After multiple fruitless discussions with him, Messi had ultimately decided to resign and move his whole family to Toronto.
Before this, Messi had been somewhat ambitious. He'd wanted to find another head coaching job, preferably as the head coach of a national team.
Then he could lead that country's team to a good result and prove his coaching ability.
But after seeing Wang Shiyu today, he'd started to reconsider.
It wasn't every day that he came across such a promising young talent. He needed to train him properly and make sure he didn't waste his gift for soccer.
That allowed him to set aside his fixation on the Argentina National Team for the time being.
After the game that afternoon, Messi went home, intending to stay up all night putting together a detailed training plan.
Wang Shiyu's gifts—his speed, strength, explosiveness, and other abilities—were all far beyond those of his peers.
His Basic Skills were also much better than those of other children his age.
But they still weren't solid enough. If he wanted to achieve