Lamine Yamal has risen to become a star for Barcelona and Spain in the last 12 months.
The 17-year-old was selected last summer in the Luis de la Fuente team for UEFA Euro 2024, and despite the fact that he was not 17 until the day before their last victory over England, he was central in the title.
He is now a certain starter for the La Fuente prior to the Spain's UEFA Nations League Double -Header against the Netherlands later this month.
His final call to play for Spain, however, was destroyed by controversy, despite the representation of La Roja at four minor levels before his senior arch in September 2023.
The family background of Lamine Yamal puts a Moroccan father and a mother from equatorial guinea with the teenager who is born and raised just outside the center of Barcelona.
His father is said to have a bad rumor that he has urged Lamine Yamal to represent Morocco with the teenager who grows up in Rocafonda – who has an important population of Moroccan nationals.
Despite that pressure, Lamine Yamal remained at his original call to represent Spain, who was former RFEF director of Football Albert Lugue difficult.
External issues played a key role and Luque hinted that Lamine Yamal was worried that he could even be physically endangered by the choice of his son.
“It was not an easy thing. The Moroccan coach explicitly went to Lamine Yamal's family and the Moroccan government also tried to convince him, “Luque said an interview with Cadena Ser.
“But when we talked to him, he told me:” I want to become European champions, I am being put under pressure by all sides, but I want to play for Spain. “
“His father was more complicated. He told me they would kill him in Morocco. He told me a few things that it is better not to talk about.
“His mother is the person who leans Lamine the most. She asked if I wanted him to be with Spain, and I lied, I told her it was because he was ready and not because of it [the threat from] Morocco.”
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