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Lamine Yamal, Barcelona

Blackheathen
Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
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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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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,953
    Or the next Sonny Pike?

    Some awful finishing in that video!!
  • talalsrightfoot
    talalsrightfoot Posts: 228
    Its a dangerous one, in this day and age, to proclaim a young player one to watch.

    Especially with youtube now.

  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,014
    Youngest player to ever play for Barcelona a few months ago, and he's already played for Spain U19s.
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    @Blackheathen
    Your grandson could be a scout for us
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,315
    North Lower Neil said:
    Or the next Sonny Pike?

    Some awful finishing in that video!!
    Looooooooolllllll mate
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,315
    orpingtonRED must be North Lower Neil's enemy or something with this bump 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,953
    Leuth said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Or the next Sonny Pike?

    Some awful finishing in that video!!
    Looooooooolllllll mate
    Still time....

    Nah alright he's brilliant.
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    Not at all man just a giggle 
  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,688
    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. 




  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,315
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    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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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,014
    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.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,953
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    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.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,014
    North Lower Neil said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    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.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Damn, thought we’d signed him.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    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.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,014

    The world has gone mad. 


    Spain's Ministry of Social Rights has asked the country's prosecutor's office to investigate Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal after he reportedly hired people with dwarfism to perform at his 18th birthday party.

    Yamal hosted a party on Sunday at a rented property in Olivella, a small town 50 kilometres north west of Barcelona, with guests including YouTubers, influencers, and several Barcelona team-mates.

    It is alleged Lamine Yamal hired a group of entertainers with dwarfism, something the Association of People with Achondroplasia and other Skeletal Dysplasias in Spain (ADEE) described as "unacceptable in the 21st century".

    When contacted by BBC Sport, the Directorate General for People with Disabilities - part of the Ministry of Social Rights, ConsumerAffairs, and 2030 Agenda - said: "ADEE has filed a legal complaint. Therefore, this Directorate General has asked the Prosecutor's Office to investigate to determine whether the law and, therefore, the rights of people with disabilities have been violated."

    The ADEE said it "publicly denounces the hiring of people with dwarfism as part of the entertainment," and said it would take legal action as it "perpetuates stereotypes, fuels discrimination, and undermines the image and rights" of people with disabilities.

    In a statement it said: "These actions violate not only current legislation but also the fundamental ethical values of a society that seeks to be egalitarian and respectful.

    "The general law on the rights of persons with disabilities expressly prohibits the following practices: 'Shows or recreational activities in which people with disabilities or other circumstances are used to provoke mockery, ridicule, or derision from the public in a manner contrary to the respect due to human dignity are prohibited'."

    However, Spanish radio station RAC1 broadcast an interview with someone claiming to be one of the entertainers present at the party who defended Lamine Yamal.

    "No-one disrespected us, we worked in peace," said the artist, who asked to remain anonymous.

    "I don't understand why there's so much hype. We're normal people, who do what we want, in an absolutely legal way. We work as entertainers. Why can't we do it? Because of our physical condition? We know what our limit is and we will never exceed it: we are not fairground monkeys. We dance, we distribute drinks, we do magic... there are many types of shows. Everyone had a great time."

    The performer said it lasted one hour, and afterwards the entertainers joined in with the party.

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