Rafael van der Vaart has been talking about Lamine Yamal after being put in his place by the Barcelona teenager.
The Dutchman was critical of Yamal in the run-up to Spain's Nations League win over the Netherlands.
Yamal was bizarrely accused of wearing his shorts too low and lacking effort by Van der Vaart and took aim at the [ex- Real Madrid man with his goal celebration](https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2025/3/23/24392465/barcelonas-lamine-yamal-hits-back-at-rafael-van-der-vaart-criticism-after-scoring-for-spain).
The teenager also mocked [Van der Vaart on social media](https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2025/3/24/24392697/barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-fresh-aim-rafael-van-der-vaart-spain-beat-netherlands) afterwards which has brought a fresh response from the Dutchman.
“This goal was really out of the ordinary. A world goal, a world player. Still, I would advise him not to worry so much about a former player who is a bit too fat and says something about him. That is completely unimportant,” he told Ziggo Sports.
“He is 17. He is so good, but I am a bit annoyed by his mannerisms and I mean that well. When you get so much praise as a 17-year-old, you also start to believe that the whole world revolves around you.
“I actually just wanted to say that, yes, well you know, we played football in Spain. And then people get angry, let them be angry. My family is half Spanish, they all live there, and the bomb exploded. I was not aware of any wrongdoing. I just said, ‘I see mannerisms that I don’t really want to see’, but I don’t think I think he’s super bad. I think he’s a great player. He just has to keep his feet on the ground.”