Yamal sheets is the man of the moment in Spain. A boy more than a man, since the baby phenomenon of Barcelona was born in 2007 in Esplugues de Llobrega. How has his life changed in recent months? “I’m getting used to it a bit. I shop online, sometimes I try to go shopping with my little brother, but it’s difficult,” he said in an interview with The Hormiguero.
Training with dogs: “I had two dogs. My dad would pick me up from school and bring out a ball to bounce with them. They would knock me down.”
The Ballon d’Or: “I have no chance of winning the Ballon d’Or.”
The love of opposing fans: “I imagine that Real Madrid fans appreciate me for what I do with the national team.”
The relationship with Nico Williams: “We like the same things, the same music, we dance on Tik Tok… I like reggaeton, French music, Brazilian music… I would like to play with him every week, I hope, but now he’s from Athletic…”.
The celebrations for the European Championship: “First all the families came down and we were on the pitch for an hour. Then, in the dressing room, it was crazy: I thought Morata and Unai Simón were serious people but… I didn’t believe it. The hardest thing was getting up at nine in the morning. I pretended to be drunk”.
His new studies: “I signed up for a cooking class.”
Her next purchase: “I want to buy an octopus but I don’t know if my mother will like it.”
Comparison with Messi: “I don’t want to leave Barça because I want to become a legend. Being compared to the best in history is something incredible, but I want people to remember me for being Lamine Yamal”
Xavi’s call: “The first time I remember that I arrived before everyone else. I hid and came out behind everyone on the pitch. In the first practice match I was unlucky in the first half, but in the second I scored and gave an assist to Ansu Fati.”