No more number 19. It is with the 10 on the back that Lamine Yamal will start next season at FC Barcelona. What, inevitably, strengthen the comparisons that are already made between him and Lionel Messi. Isn't that too much pressure on the shoulders of Crack Blaugrana, certainly very talented but which has just celebrated its 18th birthday?
For Pep Guardiola, who has always placed “La Pulga” at the top of the football pyramid, the young Spanish international “Should be able to continue his career” Without being told about his Argentinian elder all the time. “And when he has played fifteen years, we will see if he is better or less good. Let him develop his career ”he believes in Gq.
“As if we compared a painter to Van Gogh”
“The fact that it is compared to Messi is something important. As if we compared a painter in Van Goghcontinues the current Manchester City manager. If we were to say that it is not bad, it would amount to saying that it is good. Make this comparison is the sign that it is good. But you have to let him continue his career. We will see. »»
And add: “Messi was an important player. He put 90 goals in one season. He played for 15 years, without interruption, without injury. It's colossal. So leave it, leave it. »» Winner of Euro 2024 with La Roja and the Liga-Cupe-Cupe of the Spanish King-Supercourse with Barça, Lamine Yamal is on the right track. The hardest part is staying there.
