Seriously injured in the ankle, Lamine Yamal (17) will be away from the field between three weeks and a month according to FC Barcelona. A hard blow for the Blaugrana club and for the player, although he has just received an important distinction: that of the Golden Boy 2024, corresponding to the best football prospect of the year. A deserved distinction for the one who exploded over the last year and whose future is on all the lips of Catalan supporters.
Earlier in the evening, his agent, Jorge Mendes, assured that Lamine Yamal would extend his contract, which currently ends in June 2026 with the Blaugrana. “Now he will recover, it’s something that will get better quickly. Of course he will extend his contract at Barça. Lamine is from Barça. He will extend”he declared as part of the Golden Boy gala evening. But later in the evening, the Catalan prodigy spoke at length to Marca and did not shy away from the subject of his future.
Lamine Yamal responds to PSG and Manchester City rumors
While the media questioned him about the possible choices for his future, Marca asked him if he was ready to reject all offers to stay at FC Barcelona, despite the interests of Manchester City, but also of Paris Saint-Germain. But the 17-year-old prodigy was clear: “no, the truth is that I don’t think about it. I only think about Barça, improving and winning titles here. I dream of winning titles with Barça and that my family is doing well. Bringing back the Champions League is a dream to come true..
A response which seems to sound like a “phew” of relief for Barça fans, fearing that their new big star will leave, like Neymar in 2017, who left for PSG. “If Barça can win everything? This is our intention. We will give everything to achieve this. We have what it takes to do it (…) We have managed to consolidate ourselves as a group, we know each other better. I think it’s something very important”. Lamine Yamal therefore has his heart in Barcelona…
