Lamine Yamal is at the heart of tensions between FC Barcelona and the Spanish selection. Initially summoned by Luis de la Fuente to play the last two qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup in La Roja, against Georgia and Turkey (November 15 and 18), the 18-year-old prodigy was finally sent back to Catalonia.
Still bothered by pubic pain, Barça’s number 10 underwent a medical procedure without his selection being notified. Enough to seriously annoy the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
“ The RFEF medical services wish to express their surprise and dissatisfaction after learning, at 1:47 p.m. on Monday, November 10, the day of the start of the official meeting with the national team, that the player Lamine Yamal had undergone an invasive radiofrequency procedure to treat his pubic pain that same morning.wrote the body in a press release on Tuesday.
Yamal expected at Barça training next week
And to add: “ This procedure was carried out without first informing the medical staff of the selection, who only became aware of it through a report received at 10:40 p.m. Monday evening, in which it is indicated that rest is recommended for 7 to 10 days. »
Lamine Yamal is therefore forfeited for this November gathering and will continue his treatment in Barcelona. According to information from La Cope, the player should return to Blaugrana training next Tuesday. And if all goes well between now and then, he could make his return to competition on Saturday November 22, against Athletic Bilbao in La Liga.
