When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, both subjects were destined for fame
In this 2007 image, a 20-year-old Lionel Messi cradles Lamine Yamal, who was six months old at the time, during a photo session in the dressing room of the Camp Nou in Barcelona.In this 2007 image, a 20-year-old Lionel Messi cradles Lamine Yamal, who was six months old at the time, during a photo session in the dressing room of the Camp Nou in Barcelona.with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, he knew the long-haired young man would make it big in football.
The long-forgotten photo from 2007 resurfaced after Yamal’s father posted it on Instagram last week with the text: “The beginning of two legends.”Monfort, 56, who works as a freelance photographer for the Associated Press and others, said the photoshoot took place in the visitors’ locker room at Barcelona’s Camp Nou in the autumn of 2007, when Lamine Yamal was just a few months old.
“We made the calendar with the help of Unicef,” Monfort said. “So Unicef did a raffle in the neighbourhood of Roca Fonda in Mataró where Lamine’s family lived. They signed up for the raffle to have their picture taken at the Camp Nou with a Barça player. And they won the raffle.”
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