Yamal, the anniversary that turns badly

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By: Manu Tournoux

18e Anniversary of Lamine Yamal, celebrated this weekend in Ibiza, caused a scandal in Spain.

It was the busiest weekend party on the other side of the Pyrenees. 18e Anniversary of Lamine Yamal – a huge fiesta organized in Ibiza in the presence of many sports stars (Gavi, Pedri, Lewis Hamilton, etc.), showbiz and social networks. An essential event for those who want to show himself even if the main interested party had taken care to avoid leaks by confiscating the mobile phones of his guests.

Yes, but here, the scandal quickly caught up this little jumping. A Spanish association having brought serious charges against the Barcelona footballer this Sunday. ADEE, an association representing people with achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasia, says that the Catalan prodigy hired individuals with nanism to entertain his guests.

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“” Several people suffering from nanism have been recruited without any purpose than to serve as an attraction and spectacle », Can we read in particular in a Sunday press release from ADEE. “” This type of practice is unacceptable because it perpetuates stereotypes, feeds discrimination and undermines the rights of people with nanism “Adds Carolina Puente, the president of the said association.

A deplorable summer for the image of Yamal

“” The shows where disabled people are used to cause mockery are prohibitedrecalls the Adee in his missive. When an influential personality uses it, the message sent is even more destructive.(…)It is the responsibility of everyone to eradicate the objective of difference and to promote the values of respect and equality.»»

Author of a remarkable season with Barça and Spanish selection – to the point of potentially claiming the Ballon d'Or – Lamine Yamal lives a difficult summer not to say cataclysmic in terms of image. His leave in Brazil with Neymar made a lot of talk in Spain. Like the alleged boy's relationships with young women known on the other side of the Pyrenees to produce content reserved for adults.