Viral posts claiming Ronaldo and Messi's sons scored an abundance of goals for their youth teams were untrue. But that's just ...

Edwards, 26, was a highly rated prospect at Spurs in his youth and was singled out for praise by the club's then-manager Mauricio Pochettino, who described him as a "mini-Messi" in 2016.

The post threw up curiosities. The first instinct is natural intrigue: are mini Messi and child Cristiano really this good? But then, the rational side took over: was any of this actually true?