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Lamine Yamal set ‘same importance’ as Lionel Messi challenge by former Barcelona boss – with…

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Lamine Yamal has been challenged by ex-Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman to prove that he can achieve “the same importance as Lionel Messi”.

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