SUMMARY
- Lamine Yamal is the new rising star of FC Barcelona.
- The Spanish soccer player reveals a strange interaction with one of his fans.
Lamine Yamal is the new big thing to come out of FC Barcelona’s academy. The 16-year-old has impressed the fans since making his debut for the club in 2023 with his electric pace and quick feet. The Spaniard has miraculously shown great maturity at such a young age and is expected to achieve greater things in his career. A true gem of the sport, Lamine Yamal has the potential to lead FC Barcelona’s new generation.
Lamine Yamal is breaking records for club and country 💫 pic.twitter.com/7w9Z1qcHGU
— GOAL (@goal) October 9, 2023
However, it seems that his prowess at soccer seems to affect his personal life as well. It looks like his success with FC Barcelona and Spain has brought a lot of attention to the 16-year-old.
Lamine Yamal receives a strange request from a fan
A recent clip of the 16-year-old’s YouTube video with the channel ‘xBuyer’ has been making the rounds on the internet. The FC Barcelona player is accompanied by the channel’s two hosts as the trio go shopping at an Adidas outlet in Spain. Lamine Yamal and the two hosts then try on various products at the outlet, like kits, pants, etc. The video was very well received amongst the fans, as the chemistry within the group looked very amusing.
However, Lamine Yamal also revealed an intrinsic detail about his interactions with their fans. And according to the 16-year-old, one female friend seemed to have crossed all limits of absurdity.
He said, “The weirdest thing that ever happened to me with a fan? Recently a girl came up to me, we were in an elevator. she said: ‘Give me your phone number, I need it. I don’t want it for anything, I just want to have it’. I didn’t know what to say to her.”
Lamine Yamal: “The weirdest thing that ever happened to me with a fan? Recently a girl came up to me, we were in an elevator. said: ‘Give me your phone number, I need it. I don’t want it for anything, I just want to have it’. I didn’t know what to say to her
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It seems that many Spanish women would love to make Lamine the man of their dreams. And they might just have a shot, considering that it is widely believed that the FC Barcelona player is single. Earlier, a video of Lamine had gone viral with a girl wearing an Atletico Madrid kit, but it is highly dubious if she is in a relationship with the 16-year-old.
Lamine Yamal’s anecdote certainly proves that while a soccer player’s life is highly aspirational, it also brings with it its fair share of problems. The fame that a successful career brings can also include absurd fan interactions, as Lamine did. Soccer players need to learn how to maintain the balance between their personal and professional lives, as popularity can often blur the lines between the two.
FC Barcelona receive a €200 million bid for Lamine
Club President Joan Laporta has made this bombshell statement that has kept Barca fans worried about their star player’s future. Laporta said, “We’re receiving crazy bids for players like Lamine Yamal around €200m ($217m) and we’re rejecting, of course”. However, he has reassured the FC Barcelona fans that the club has bestowed the utmost respect upon the player and isn’t considering his sale.
Laporta also revealed that the club has also received bids for players such as Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie De Jong, Ronald Araujo, etc. But, reportedly, Joan Laporta does not intend to sell his stars.
Lamine Yamal signed a new contract with the Catalan club in October 2023, which keeps him at the club until 2026. The club was smart enough to insert a release clause for a figure upwards of the $1 billion mark that would keep other clubs’ interest away from him. The club is also planning to give him another contract for five more years when the player turns 18 in 2025.
🔵🔴 Laporta: “We’re receiving crazy bids for players like Lamine Yamal around €200m and we’re rejecting, of course”.
“We trust Lamine and we don’t need to sell”.
“We received bids for Balde, Fermín, Pedri, De Jong, Araujo, Gavi… we don’t want to sell our stars”. pic.twitter.com/cDfb34eG6e
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 23, 2024
If Laporta’s words are believed to be true, then Barca finds itself in a precarious position. The club’s financial woes are very well known, and receiving $218 million for an academy player might just be the boost that the club requires.
However, the Barca board seems very pleased with the young forward’s performances and would not be willing to part ways with him so early. The contractual situation of Lamine Yamal at FC Barcelona is a very tricky one that is bound to attract headlines in the coming days.