Two years after Lionel Messi left Barcelona, the Spanish club hopes it has found its next star after the emergence of 16-year-old Lamine Yamal.
Not bad for a player who had yet to turn 3 years old when Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández helped Spain win the 2010 World Cup.
Yamal, who was born near Barcelona to a mother from Equatorial Guinea and a father from Morocco, caught the eye of Xavi when he was playing for Barcelona’s youth sides last season. His senior team debut in April made Yamal the youngest player to appear for Barcelona at 15 years, 9 months, 16 days., who was considered the club’s brightest young star before he sustained a serious leg injury.
Barcelona hosts Real Betis in the Spanish league on Saturday trailing leader Real Madrid by two points. The surprising Girona is level on points with Barcelona before it visits Granada on Monday.since joining Madrid when it hosts Real Sociedad on Sunday. The 20-year-old midfielder has scored five goals in four games – and has yet to go scoreless – to keep Madrid perfect through four rounds. He added another goal for England this week in a 3-1 win over Scotland in a friendly.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.
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