While Paris Saint-Germain of Ousmane Dembélé ended up with the Club World Cup, Lamine Yamal for his part organized a party to celebrate his eighteen years. The prodigy of FC Barcelona, quoted as a main competitor against “Dembouz” for the Ballon d'Or 2025, has been since the target of criticism in Spain. His evening sparked a monster controversy, due to the hiring of people with nanism to animate the festivities. Politicians have just seized the case.
First there was Sunday, the reaction of the association of people with Achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasia with Nanism (ADEE) which published a press release to denounce the hires in question. Believing that people
“Have been recruited only for entertainment and promotion”ADEE tried
“This type of intolerable practice because it perpetuates stereotypes (and) feeds discrimination”. The association said it was ready to initiate “Legal and social actions”.
This Monday, Marca Indicates that it is the turn of the Ministry of Social Rights to enter dance. The Spanish media specifies that it has “Asked at the prosecutor's office, the mediator and the office to combat hatred crimes, to investigate to find out if the disability law (…) was raped during the Lamine Yamal party”. The question for the ministry is to know if people with Nanism present during the evening were denigrated.
Lamine Yamal leaded for the Ballon d'Or?
The director general responsible for disability, Jesus Martin, said he was
“Worried about the fact that the rich, the powerful, believe they can remain unpunished”. The manager added that the ministry “Will not remain their arms crossed in the face of these accusations”. And to conclude by pushing so that
“The appropriate surveys are open and that the necessary measures are taken according to the conclusions”.
While waiting to see what will happen in this case, this controversy is not good for Lamine Yamal in his race for the Ballon d'Or. One of the three main criteria concerns class and fair play. This concerns in particular the attitude on and off the field.
