With a blistering start to the new year, FC Barcelona have turned a new page into their 2024/25 season. Since the start of 2025, the Catalan Giants have played 4 matches, won all 4 and scored a total of 16 goals in those 4 games with 5 goals each in their 2 most recent encounters. They also successfully managed a clean sheet in 2 out of those 4 games. What’s more is that one of those games was the Supercopa De Espana Final against arch-rivals Real Madrid which they won with a 5-2 scoreline hence winning the first trophy of the season. And this Los Cules resurgence has been highly influenced by a certain wonderkid, Lamine Yamal.
Barca had a disappointing end to the first half of the season with them losing out on the La Liga table at the last weekend before Christmas after a 2-1 loss to Atletico Madrid at home. Prior to that, they had a horrendous couple of months in the league as well. Throughout their bad run of form, Lamine Yamal was mostly out injured. That’s how important and influential the youngster is to the club.
And now that Lamine Yamal is back from a minor ankle problem, FC Barcelona seems like a team playing another level of football. And when a special player like him is playing for your club, he mostly goes on to mark his own legacy at the club. And Lamine Yamal is one such player. Football fans all around the world are already calling him a generational talent and possibly the greatest 17-year-old that football has ever seen.
The Heir To Messi’s Throne: Lamine Yamal Gets The Number ’10’
In Barcelona, the most legendary and historical jersey is the number ’10’. It has been donned by some of the greatest ever players to step foot on a football field including the likes of Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho, and Rivaldo. But ever since Lionel Messi left Los Cules, the iconic number ’10’ has lost its spark. Since then it has been donned by Ansu Fati, the once very talented youngster who has struggled with injuries throughout his young career.
Ansu Fati is nowhere close to where Lamine Yamal is. He is being pushed out of the club and it is more likely to happen sooner than later. Infact, according to various reports across the internet, Lamine Yamal is set to receive the Barcelona number ’10’ jersey as soon as the start of next season arrives. There would truly be no better heir to the number ’10’ jersey than the 17-year-old Lamine Yamal.
