Lamine Yamal is only 17 years old, but his performances have already delighted the entire football world. Yamal was often compared to Leo Messi on the Internet. – Yamal is the best winger in the world. He undoubtedly has the potential to be the best player in the world in the future. He is 17 years old and has a very long career ahead of him. In the world football sometimes it is not so important how you start, but how you finish or what you have been like for 10 or 15 years – these are the words of Robert Lewandowski from an interview for BR Football.
Barcelona has a real gem in its squad, but it's no wonder that other clubs would also like to see Yamal at home. This could be a generational talent. He recently talked about an interesting offer for Yamal Joan Laportapresident of Barcelona.
Laporta rejected a fabulous offer for Yamal. Straight from PSG. They wanted to replace Mbappe like this
Joan Laporta was a guest on a podcast on the Barca One streaming platform. Barcelona's president revealed that he rejected an offer of €250 million for one of his players. – Listen, they came to me about six months ago to buy Lamine Yamal for EUR 250 million and I said no and rejected it. What is Yamal's value now that he has won the European Championship and is also a world-famous player? – said Laporta.
In this way, Laporta confirmed media reports from a few months ago in the Spanish media, but not only informed about Paris Saint-Germain's interest in Yamal. The Qatari owners of this club saw Yamal as an ideal successor to Kylian Mbappe and, according to “Marka”, they offered EUR 200 million for him. Barcelona was supposed to send him back PSG to a clause in Yamal's contract, amounting to exactly one billion euros.
– We received offers of 200 million euros for players like Lamine Yamal, but we said no. We trust this boy and believe in his sports development. Besides, we don't need it. On the contrary, we are in the process of financial recovery and we can already see the “exit from the tunnel” – this is what Laporta said in March br.
Yamal made his debut for Barcelona on April 29, 2023 match against Real Betis (4-0) when he was 15 years, 9 months and 16 days old. Since then, Yamal has played 62 matches for Barcelona's first team, scoring 12 goals and providing 14 assists. Additionally, Yamal played in 17 matches for the Spanish national team. Yamal's current contract is valid until June 2026, but on the day when Yamal turns 18, the contract will be valid until June 2030.