Legends who never play at home #shorts

These players managed to play across the globe before even thinking about playing in their homeland at the top division

Marco Verratti never played in Serie A. In fact, he's one of the rare breeds of Italian footballers that hasn't just gone straight from Serie B into Serie A

Of course, he moved to PSG and became a legend, making over 400 appearances and being one of the most iconic players in his position throughout a generation

But still, no appearances in the Italian top division. And Antoine Griezmann, the French man who moved to Spain with the German name

He played for academies when he was a kid, but only in Spain. He was rejected in France before making his move to Real Sociedad when he was a teenager

So that's no appearances in Ligue 1 for becoming an icon over in La Liga

Dejan Kulosevski, Swedish maestro, one of the great players in the Premier League at the moment for Tottenham

however never made a senior appearance over in Sweden. In fact he moved to Italy when he was just a kid, went to Atalanta before going to Juventus

and of course making his big move over to England. Lionel Messi, we all know the story, the little boy from Rosario and he left there just aged 13 years old

and despite winning it all, including the World Cup, he's never actually played in the top division in his homeland

Paul Pogba's back in football and he's broken the trend for these players who have never touched their homeland

Completed his transfer to Monaco and he'll play in Ligue 1 next season. Had spells at Juventus before coming through the academy at Manchester United

He's never actually been in France in the top level before. But the incredible part about all these players

is the sacrifice that these young players have to make just to be able to make it. And most of them have had to move out from their homes as just young teenagers