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Lionel Messi has made his admiration for Lamine Yamal clear after seeing the wonderkid star for Spain and Barcelona.
Yamal has had to put up with [plenty of comparisons with Messi](https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2024/11/4/24287766/lamine-yamal-reaches-the-age-at-which-lionel-messi-debuted-for-barcelona) during his career, and the GOAT thinks that Barca’s latest superstar is the real deal.
> “There is a generation of very good young footballers who have many years ahead of them,” he said at an adidas event in Germany.
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> “But if I have to choose someone, because of his age and the future he has, I have heard that they have chosen Lamine Yamal and without a doubt for me too. I agree.
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> “It depends on him and on many things because that is how football is, but he is a player of the present and with a huge future.”
Barcelona’s teenage star has been posting some great performances and numbers this season. He has six goals and 11 assists already for Hansi Flick’s side in 20 appearances in all competitions.