My grandson was raving about the skills of Lamine Yamal who turns 16 this month and who has joined Barcelona as a forward. We brought up videos on YouTube. His skills are unbelievable, another George Best perhaps?
I was chatting to a young lad in Malmö last night and his dad has just bought him a Barca shirt with Yamal on the back. Big responsibility for a youngster.
I was chatting to a young lad in Malmö last night and his dad has just bought him a Barca shirt with Yamal on the back. Big responsibility for a youngster.
"He'd been found guilty of wearing a Brazilian shirt with a number 10 on the back, and speaking of 'the beautiful game'!"
Said on the Nations league thread that if he continues on this trajectory, he'll end up with a legitimate shot at being one of the greatest of all time. What he's been doing at his age i don't think we've ever seen before (as i don't think too many of us saw Pele in the world cup at 17).
The only question mark will be on whether he burns out. 130 senior games at the age of 17 is crazy.
Said on the Nations league thread that if he continues on this trajectory, he'll end up with a legitimate shot at being one of the greatest of all time. What he's been doing at his age i don't think we've ever seen before (as i don't think too many of us saw Pele in the world cup at 17).
The only question mark will be on whether he burns out. 130 senior games at the age of 17 is crazy.
I shouldn't talk on this thread after the comment above... but that's my fear as well - Messi for example was pretty carefully managed until 21, 22, if I remember rightly they had a rule of never playing him 4 games in a row so he was rested between some bigger games etc, Barca are replying on Yamal so much so early.
Hopefully he's more Messi/Cristiano Ronaldo than players like original Ronaldo, Neymar, Michael Owen etc who had quite a lot of injury issues towards the end of their careers.
Said on the Nations league thread that if he continues on this trajectory, he'll end up with a legitimate shot at being one of the greatest of all time. What he's been doing at his age i don't think we've ever seen before (as i don't think too many of us saw Pele in the world cup at 17).
The only question mark will be on whether he burns out. 130 senior games at the age of 17 is crazy.
I shouldn't talk on this thread after the comment above... but that's my fear as well - Messi for example was pretty carefully managed until 21, 22, if I remember rightly they had a rule of never playing him 4 games in a row so he was rested between some bigger games etc, Barca are replying on Yamal so much so early.
Hopefully he's more Messi/Cristiano Ronaldo than players like original Ronaldo, Neymar, Michael Owen etc who had quite a lot of injury issues towards the end of their careers.
They hardly ever rest him and he's played over 60 games for club and country this season. Flick even played him for the full 90 minutes in both of their last 2 league games when the league was already won, which i thought was bizarre.
I assume the player is saying he's ok to play, but when he's only 17 it seems a bit irresponsible not to rest him occasionally.
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Some awful finishing in that video!!
Especially with youtube now.
Your grandson could be a scout for us
Nah alright he's brilliant.
The only question mark will be on whether he burns out. 130 senior games at the age of 17 is crazy.
Hopefully he's more Messi/Cristiano Ronaldo than players like original Ronaldo, Neymar, Michael Owen etc who had quite a lot of injury issues towards the end of their careers.
I assume the player is saying he's ok to play, but when he's only 17 it seems a bit irresponsible not to rest him occasionally.