Barely recovered from a first controversy over his medical management in selection, Lamine Yamal finds herself again at the center of a media whirlwind. Since Thursday evening, TV sets, social networks and Spanish editors have been agitating around a new controversy that risks poisoning its next weeks. This time she concerns her physical condition at the end of the shock against PSG and a decision that already makes teeth cringe in Catalonia.
The Barça fracture – selection resurfaces
According to the revelations of journalist JosĂ© Alvarez on El Chiringuito, the winner of the Kopa trophy A “End overloaded and almost by boxing” against Paris. Despite this, Luis de la Fuente summoned him this Friday morning for the October matches against Georgia and Bulgaria. This decision made FC Barcelona jump, who worries about a relapse of his 18 -year -old nugget. It also reopened with old wounds: those of the International Truce of September, when Yamal, already reduced, had been aligned 79 then 73 minutes with La Roja, under painkillers and without training between the two meetings. Hansi Flick then denounced a “Irresponsible management” of the player by the Spanish Federation.
Barça believes that her warnings have been ignored. The club claims to have informed the RFEF of pubis pain, where official communication spoke of simple back pain. “The federation lied to us”, Looked down the journalist Alfredo MartĂnez, denouncing a total lack of dialogue. Luis de la Fuente, he swept away the criticisms with irony : “Do you think today I would think of what Flick says?” No, I don't interest me. »» An answer that illustrates the growing ditch between the two camps. The Catalan media, like sport and Mundo Deportivo, call for ” protect “ Yamal, while the Madrid press mainly supports the selection.
Luis de la Fuente persists, Barça is worried about Lamine Yamal
A debate that exceeds the Yamal case
Behind this quarrel, it is a broader debate on the management of young talents that reappears. Yamal, who has played 55 games last season, embodies this overexploited generation from adolescence. The Federation justifies its summons by explaining that if it is able to play with Barcelona, ​​it is also for Spain. But the Blaugrana fear a relapse and its consequences. Deco, club sports director, calls for “Improve protocols and communication between clubs and selections” To avoid endangering the careers of so young players.
This new controversy has further accentuated the fracture between Barcelona and the Spanish selection, against the backdrop of divergent interests. She also places Yamal in a delicate situation, caught up between the national ambition and the prudence of her training club. If Roja persists and the player relapse, the credibility of Spanish medical management would be severely questioned. In the meantime, it is a whole country that debates around a teenager who has already become a national issue.
