Euro 2024, La Liga, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup: at just 18 years old, Lamine Yamal has already won some of the greatest collective trophies with Spain and FC Barcelona. And the young Blaugrana winger, second in the 2025 Ballon d'Or, also completed his collection with several individual titles, including the Kopa Trophy.
A start to his career which makes Xavi say that the Barça prodigy will go far. Perhaps even as far back as Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr, who also played for the Catalan club. For him, the Spanish international is simply “an elected official”: “He could be one of the geniuses in the history of football, and that depends on him, his ambition, his passion. »
Xavi dreams big for Lamine Yamal
And the former midfielder, FCB legend, added in the
Cronache di Spogliatoio: “Lamine Yamal has done exceptional things, things that we only see in Neymar, Messi, players of this caliber. I saw him ready and I wasn't afraid. He had no complexes either, he can make the difference. What he does at his age is magnificent. »
