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Talentscout

Lamine YAMAL

Barcelona

In a sentence

A 16-year-old winger in his maiden full season in the Barcelona first-team squad, already good enough to feature regularly in the star-studded Blaugrana ranks and to score on his senior debut for Spain in September.

What they say

“He had a very particular running style, he was a little wild. But you could see the real talent there”

Barcelona youth development director Aureli Altimira

“I’m not picking him on a whim. I’m doing so because he’s capable of making a difference. Arriving at the right decisions is the most difficult thing for a player and Lamine always makes the correct choices”

Barcelona head

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