Lionel Messi spoke very highly of Barça’s new jewel, Lamine Yamal.
Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi revealed on Monday that he is following Lamine Yamal’s progress at Barcelona with great interest.
Messi under the spell of Lamine Yamal
The former Barça captain mentioned the name of the young Spanish prodigy when asked who could claim to win this prestigious award in the future.
“Some players have been seeing each other for years. There is a generation of players who could put up a great battle in the years to come. There are Haaland, Mbappé, Vinicius… I don’t know, there are a lot of young people. Like Lamine Yamal.”
Yamal has broken many records for precociousness in recent times. This did not escape the attention of La Pulga, given that he remains a big Barça fan. “Lamine, who is now very young and who already plays for Barcelona and who is important… there will surely be great fights (for the Ballon d’Or, editor’s note) and players who will stand out from the crowd. There are always good players. It’s a very beautiful scene that presents itself to us from the outside.”
