Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has revealed to FourFourTwo magazine (via Sport) what it was like playing in Barcelona's youth teams with Lionel Messi and Cesc Fabregas:
It was a great team that’s gone on to do great things around Europe. Me and Cesc were always getting into scrapes.
Away trips and tournaments were the best. We were always in and out of each others rooms, playing FIFA or a game of cards. Messi was certainly very introverted at the beginning, but we played a tournament in Switzerland when he really came out of his shell and stopped being "the mute.