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Lamine Yamal, Barcelona

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?

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  • Or the next Sonny Pike?

    Some awful finishing in that video!!
  • Its a dangerous one, in this day and age, to proclaim a young player one to watch.

    Especially with youtube now.

  • Youngest player to ever play for Barcelona a few months ago, and he's already played for Spain U19s.
  • @Blackheathen
    Your grandson could be a scout for us
  • Not at all man just a giggle 
  • 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'!"
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  • 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.
  • Damn, thought we’d signed him.
  • Thomas Driesen had his eye on Yamal following a good Thursday night on Football Manager back in 2015, but decided to go for El Hadji Ba instead.
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