The young star of Barcelona Lamine Yamal inherited from the club number 10, previously carried by the great Lionel Messi of all time on Wednesday.
“Messi has come on his way and I will go mine,” Yamal told journalists during an event at the store of the Stade Spotify Camp Nou.
“I’m going to work as hard as possible, give everything and try to make these Barça fans who are happy and those who are at home.”
The 18 -year -old winger, often compared to the Argentinian superstar which also went through the Masia Youth Academy of the club, helped the Catalan giants win a triple servant last season.
He signed a new contract with Barcelona until 2031 in May, becoming one of the club’s best paid players.
“I hope to have fun more than last year and realize my dreams”, “ Following Yamal, who said he wanted to win the Champions League with the Catalan giants, as well as the World Cup with Spain.
Yamal scored 25 goals for the club in more than 100 appearances, making its debut in 2023 at the age of 15, bearing the number 41 shirt.
“Barça is my life, I have been here since I was seven years old, for all the children of the Masia, their dream is to go to the first team, and I do it and I must continue to work,” said Yamal.
“When I was little, I dreamed of being at Barça and having this number.”
After a season on the 27th last summer, Yamal followed the traces of Messi taking the number 19, which the Argentinian bore the club between 2005 and 2008.
Ansu Fati inherited the number 10 shirt from Messi in 2021, while now the Inter Miami player has left Barça for Paris Saint-Germain.
Assailed by a series of injuries, Fati was unable to fill his potential at Barça and signed a loan for Monaco earlier in July.
Other star names, including Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo, wore the Barcelona number 10 shirt in the past.
“(Messi, Maradona, Ronaldinho) are three football legends, three legends of this club”, “ said Yamal.
“I am grateful for what they have given to the club, and I will try to continue this inheritance.”
Yamal made the headlines after celebrating her 18th birthday last weekend with a private event involving artists hired with Nanism.
The Spanish Ministry of Social Rights asked the public prosecutor to investigate the party after a complaint from the association for people with burstroplasia and other skeletal dysplasia (ADEE).
“In the end, I work for Barça, I play for Barça, but when I am far from (the club), I like my life, and that’s it,” he added.
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