Sometimes looking back makes you laugh, especially after such a sensational boom since Yamal laminae in the world of football. At the age of 17 he had already won a European Championship as an immovable starter in De la Fuente’s Spain and a year after his launch in the first team at Barcelona he is establishing himself as an absolute child prodigy of the Catalan club and the national team.
The story. As mentioned, however, taking a leap back into the past one almost smiles: “In the summer, when there were no lessons, there were extracurricular activities. A friend of mine told me this because his mother had told the close, but not to me. It seems like everyone knew except me. He told me that next season I will play for Barça and I thought he was joking. My mother said yes, I ran to my friend’s house and we started playing with Barça,” the Barça star revealed laughing LALIGA World.
“The first few times I was called up, I told my best friend and my cousin that if I debuted I would score a goal. On the day of my debut, I remember my father called me and I thought he would congratulate me. He told me : ‘How could you go wrong?’ I remember the first goal against Granada, and since then more and more have come,” confessed Yamal.
In closing he then uncovered the most interesting truth aboutchildhood idol who inspired him the most. And surprise of surprises, it’s not Lionel Messi: “My idol as a child was Neymar. He was the one I admired and I watched all his videos. Obviously I also admired Messi, for me he was always the best. It’s true that I liked the way in which Neymar played, his way of being”, he comments.