19 - Lamine Yamal

Don Juan Laporta Estruch

Don Juan Laporta Estruch

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His growth has been exponential. He is already a far far better player than when he burst on to the scene a year ago. He is not as good at dribbling as the young Leo, but his passing is better.

Why put a cap on him as 'some percentage of Leo'? We simply don't know. It's unlikely, but if he can keep improving at this rate, he can come close.

No point in comparing anyway. They are both Cules. Don't want the Messi fan club downplaying Lamine in any way. We should hope he reaches as high as possible.

Compare him to others right now. For me, he is the best in the world.
 
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Gazzznigga

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:ROFLMAO: ....so much blasphemy and selective amnesia on display

If Lamine gets close to 40% of Messi, Barcelona should roll out the drums for a whole year.....and for comparatives, Penaldo was about 60-65%of Messi.
 
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TheStig

TheStig

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Don Juan Laporta Estruch said:
His growth has been exponential. He is already a far far better player than when he burst on to the scene a year ago. He is not as good at dribbling as the young Leo, but his passing is better.

Why put a cap on him as 'some percentage of Leo'? We simply don't know. It's unlikely, but if he can keep improving at this rate, he can come close.

No point in comparing anyway. They are both Cules. Don't want the Messi fan club downplaying Lamine in any way. We should hope he reaches as high as possible.

Compare him to others right now. For me, he is the best in the world.
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We should hope he reaches as high as possible but if someone think he can reach Messi he's deluded. But that doesn't mean he won't be the best player of his generation.
 
Fati_Future_BallonDor

Fati_Future_BallonDor

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I think he misses pace to become in dribbling as good as Messi, young Messi was extremely fast with the ball and could dribble 4-5 with ease.

Yamal's vision and passing have been exceptional, in these categories he could become nearly as good as la pulga.

In terms of int.career he has reached more than la pulga until 35!! Potential is there but 60% of Messi would be already enough🤔
 
MontenegrinCuler

MontenegrinCuler

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Why are people ruling out Lamine ever reaching Messi level? Sure, it's highly unlikely that one day we will reflect to these 2 players and say Lamine was overall the better one - but by no means is it impossible.

Literally, sky is the limit for this guy. He may not be capable of reproducing some of the magic only Messi was familiar with, but he can develop a different set of qualities that would compensate for that.

For example, young Cristiano. Who would've thought he would eventually surpass so many players on all time list, being visibly a player with less technique. But eventually he developed something different, something new, he put up a lot of effort and now he usually sneaks in top 5 all time players.
 
soul24rage

soul24rage

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I would be disappointed if Yamal doesn't win a Ballon D'or in his career.

He has the potential to be the greatest Spanish player in history.
 
TheStig

TheStig

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MontenegrinCuler said:
Why are people ruling out Lamine ever reaching Messi level? Sure, it's highly unlikely that one day we will reflect to these 2 players and say Lamine was overall the better one - but by no means is it impossible.

Literally, sky is the limit for this guy. He may not be capable of reproducing some of the magic only Messi was familiar with, but he can develop a different set of qualities that would compensate for that.

For example, young Cristiano. Who would've thought he would eventually surpass so many players on all time list, being visibly a player with less technique. But eventually he developed something different, something new, he put up a lot of effort and now he usually sneaks in top 5 all time players.
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Because we saw Messi and Yamal (great as he is) is not close to him. Meaningless debate anyway...
 
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Gazzznigga

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Don Juan Laporta Estruch said:
His growth has been exponential. He is already a far far better player than when he burst on to the scene a year ago. He is not as good at dribbling as the young Leo, but his passing is better.

Why put a cap on him as 'some percentage of Leo'? We simply don't know. It's unlikely, but if he can keep improving at this rate, he can come close.

No point in comparing anyway. They are both Cules. Don't want the Messi fan club downplaying Lamine in any way. We should hope he reaches as high as possible.

Compare him to others right now. For me, he is the best in the world.
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Yamal can only dream of being a better passer than Messi at 17. Everyone around him knows this and he would dare not utter that himself.

Its either you didn't watch Messi in his break out season or you just wanted to be cheeky.

Maybe as someone stated earlier it was time to have another "poster boy", so all attempts to diminish La Pulga via baseless comparison was welcome.
 
DonAK

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
No one is downplaying Yamal, but go back and watch Messi at 18 and compare both of them. One is way more explosive and quicker. There's a significant difference in how Messi could dribble past 2-3 players with ease and accelerate past them. That's likely what is going to stop Yamal from reaching that level.

If people find it realistic that Yamal reaches the level of the greatest footballer of all-time then they're deluded or have too high expectations.

No one is saying he won't be the best player in the world and a potentially multi BdO-winner.
 
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vegitot

Senior Member
Was Santos Neymar more talented than current Yamal? I don't think so. Neymar was more of a trickster but Yamal now is already world class at decision making. Very good dribbler, also can be tricky one though not as much as Neymar.

Bear in mind that Yamal is just a 17 years old boy. He is already world class player, performs week in week out.
 
draconifire

draconifire

NTC with a Positive attitude
Messi and Yamal are completely different players style-wise. He's closer to Neymar style-wise.

We should stop this Messi comparison. There won't be ever a player that comes close, not in this decade atleast.

Don't put more pressure on this kid's shoulders, he already has a lot.
 
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