Lamine Yamal has been a sensation for Barcelona since he was broken into the first team in the first team in 2023. Since then he has become world class, and many people involved in football have started to set elevated objectives for the winger, who is also regularly compared to Lionel Messi, who consider many as the biggest football player of all the time.
This has led Lamine Yamal to manage a lot of pressure, which is far from ideal for a 17-year-old teenager. Former Barcelona player Thierry Henry, who spoke of the Catalan side on Benfica on Wednesday after the victory, received a warning about the situation and he used an earlier breakout star of La Masia as an example, according to CBS (via Sport)
“You can see what can happen to you if you are young and you don't know how to deal with everything. Everything happens very quickly, and with Bojan he got lost in terms of fear and did not want to be seen too much.
“That is something that people sometimes do not understand and do not want to understand. They see you there, you play and they forget that he is a child who is unknown to everyone who thought he was good. Which is good by the way.
“I have already experienced that and by the way I want to congratulate Bojan with how he speaks in the documentary, especially because it was difficult to deal with all the external pressure.”
It is very easy to forget how early Lamine Yamal, who is ready to sign a new Barcelona contract, is in his football career and because he is only 17 years old, he has so much room to grow. Although this is a scary thought with regard to how well he can become, it also creates risks for him to burn out faster – and as such it is vital that he is kept away from all the pressure to which he can be exposed.
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