Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest Football player that has graced the pitch. And to be constantly being compared to Lionel Messi must make you quite something especially if those comparisons are going around when you are just 17. But that’s exactly who Lamine Yamal is. The special 17-year-old FC Barcelona and Spain winger is a football prodigy like no other. The last time someone so talented came up in Football at such a young age was probably Neymar or Messi himself.
And even neither of them won their country the continental championship being one of the best players on the team at 17. But Lamine Yamal knows no bounds. After breaking every possible record known to football having the word “youngest” in it. Lamine Yamal is all set to wear the iconic number ’10’ that Lionel Messi has worn on his back for years and years immortalizing the number with his name.
Lamine Yamal will step out on the pitch for Spain wearing perhaps the greatest shirt number in the history of the sport, the number ’10’ all the while just being a teenager. The 10, before Messi has been donned by names such as Diego Armando Maradona and Pele for their respective national teams. While at FC Barcelona, Yamal is still forced to wear not the number ’10’ due to Ansu Fati still being at the club.
But there is no Barcelona fan who wouldn’t want Lamine Yamal to inherit the iconic Blaugrana number ’10’ in the future. Even Messi started wearing the number 10 not before he was already 20-21 years old. That just tells you how special Lamine Yamal really is.
The Spanish-born winger is also in talks with Adidas to pen down a special deal that will make him the face of Adidas alongside Lionel Messi and Jude Bellingham and will also get a personalized logo much like the Jordan logo! What more could a 17-year-old dream of than being the poster boy for a brand like Adidas alongside his idol?
Forget that, in the new Adidas ‘Messi +10 team’ campaign, Lionel Messi chose 10 promising male and female athletes who according to the GOAT will be the future of football to endorse his boots. And guess what, the Argentinian magician has chosen Lamine Yamal as one of the 10!
With the trajectory he is on, will Lamine Yamal ever surpass Lionel Messi? Well, that conversation is a long way away, but be ready for the day it comes! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
