The 17 -year -old was selected from the Fuente Luis team for UEFA Euro 2024 last summer, and although he only got 17 years old the day before the final victory against England, he played a central role in the title.
He is now a certain holder for the Fuente before the double match of Spain in the Nations League against the Netherlands later this month. However, his possible invitation to play for Spain was marred by the controversy, although he represented the Roja on four junior levels before its senior team debut in September 2023.
The family history of Lamine Yamal include a Moroccan father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, the teenager being born and having grown just outside the city center of Barcelona. There are strong rumors according to which his father had pressure for Lamine Yamal to represent Morocco, the adolescent who grew up in Roca -Insen, who has a large population of Moroccan nationals.
Lamine Yamal in danger?
Despite the pressure, Lamine Yamal maintained his initial decision to represent Spain, which the former sports director of the RFEF, Albert Lugue, described as difficult. The external factors played a key and Luque role suggested that Lamine Yamal even feared being physically endangered by the choice of her son.
“” This was not an easy case. The Moroccan coach expressly addressed the family of Lamine Yamal and the Moroccan government also tried to convince him “said Luque in an interview with Cadena Ser.
“But, when we talked to him, he said to me,” I want to be European champion, I suffer pressure from all sides but I want to play for Spain. His father was more complicated. He told me that in Morocco, they would kill him. He told me some things it is better not to talk about. His mother is the person on which Lamine relies the most. She asked me if I wanted him to be with Spain, and I lied, I told him it was because he was ready and not because of (the threat of) Morocco.
