For several weeks, Lamine Yamal has been on everyone’s lips more than ever and rightly so. If his performances are always excellent, the young striker received bad news this week. In fact, he will be kept away from the field for a good while: “Lamine Yamal suffered a trauma to his right ankle during the match against Leganés last night. Examinations carried out Monday morning showed a first degree injury to the tibiofibular ligament. The duration of his absence is estimated at 3-4 weeks.indicated the press release published by the Catalan club. At only 17 years old, Lamine Yamal has had many full seasons and the accumulation of matches at his age seems to have once again got the better of his ankle. Affected by the malleolus, the European champion had already had to stop for three weeks last month. But Lamine Yamal could nevertheless console himself with wonderful news about his future at FC Barcelona. In love with his training club, the future always seems to be written in Catalonia.
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It’s an open secret, but Lamine Yamal doesn’t see himself leaving FC Barcelona. In a long interview given daily Mark Last week, the Blaugrana winger said he had no intention of leaving. Asked about potential interests from Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, the 17-year-old preferred to kick in: “No, I really don’t think about it. I only think about Barca, improving and winning titles here.”said Lamine Yamal. Comments confirmed by those around him on several occasions. But with the still particular economic situation of FC Barcelona, many clubs still hope to attract the Spanish nugget into their clutches. But this promises to be very complicated, because the Catalan management the two-stage renewal plan that it had set for the summer of 2023. Moreover, Deco and Jorge Mendes have even already agreed on the broad outlines of a new agreement to come according to information fromAS.
Secure Lamine Yamal until 2030?
«Of course he will renew, Lamine comes from Barça“. These are the words that Jorge Mendes summed up the future of Lamine Yamal, during the gala Tuttosport which crowned the new star of world football as the new Golden Boy. This expected media release confirmed that the plan to “two-stage extension» established during the summer of 2023 by the player’s representative and Deco, the sporting director of Barcelona, is on his way. Extended until 2026 because forced by FIFA restrictions which do not allow a minor player to sign a contract for more than three years, the two parties established a second extension on Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday: “I imagine myself in Barcelona, to win as much as possible, especially the Champions League with Barcelona and the World Cup with Spain. The president is always happy when we win but even if we don’t win, he always helps us by giving us great support. He says I remind him when Neymar arrived… He’s one of the best players to ever play for Barcelona, one of my idols, I hope to do as well as him.”had also declared the Spanish nugget.
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Obviously, the economic parameters of this second extension tend to grow month after month, because Lamine Yamal has continued to see his status grow since last season. Spain’s success at Euro 2024 was the icing on the cake and put it in a completely different sector of world football. An XXL status which was confirmed by the Golden Boy, the Kopa Award and the title of best player of the last Euro 2024. Its market value has climbed to 150 million euros, while it was “only” at 90 just a year ago. It is for all these reasons that the conditions of the mega-contract that Lamine Yamal will sign in the coming months are still under study. His agent Jorge Mendes was recently in Barcelona to continue moving forward with the negotiations which will more than likely lead to a positive result. The player has publicly and privately expressed his intention to continue at Barça. And Mendes is an agent who has always known how to respect the wishes of the players and only move them when they want.
Pub. the 18/12/2024 08:36
– UPDATE 18/12/2024 11:47
