The Barça club did not like the coach’s last words regarding Lamine Yamal
Barça does not want to overpressure the young forward in the media
At Barça they are upset with Luis de la Fuente. While the Barça club tries to pamper Lamine Yamal Both in sports and in the media, the Spanish coach yesterday, Friday, made some statements regarding the young talent that have not gone down well within the Catalan team. They understand that there was no bad faith, but they consider the national coach’s speech to be erroneous.
During his press conference on the occasion of the announcement of the call for the imminent selection days, De la Fuente referred to this regarding Lamine. “We have to take care of Lamine because he is young, but when Messi or Maradona were 16 years old, questioning whether they played now would seem like sacrilege seen over time”assured the coach, who had no qualms about comparing the young Barça player with the two greatest players in the history of football.
Xavi has already marked the line to follow with the young star
De la Fuente’s message has not gone down well at Can Barça, where they consider that the player is not being done any favors by putting him in the same sentence as Messi or Maradona. In fact, not even a week ago Xavi expressed himself in a completely opposite direction. “We are not doing Lamine any favors if we compare him with Messi. It is true that the expectations are enormous, he is proving it, but we are going to see the future. But comparing him with Messi… we have already seen that all the players who “They have been compared to Messi, they haven’t done well at all.”said the Egarense in the preview of the clash against Porto.
And the Barça coach not only tries to protect Lamine in the media, but also in sports. Xavi recalled that The forward is still in the growth phase and that entails a certain penalty on a physical level. Hence, the one from Terrassa distributes the ownership of Lamine.
An ‘austere’ act of renewal
Not only that. The club also thinks about not overexposing the attacker. Recently, Lamine signed his renewal until 2026 but did so in a private event at the Ciudad Deportiva. Unlike Balde, which had expanded a few days ago, the signing of Yamal’s renewal was not open to the media.
It is of little use, they believe in Barça, that they try to take care of the media pressure on the young winger if afterwards there are those who have no qualms about comparing him with Messi or Maradona.