Lamine Yamal is the star of this European Championship. And that as a teenager. He turns 17 this Saturday and could become European champion on Sunday. His father talks about him in Spain.
12.07.2024, 07:45
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- Lamine Yamal is one of the biggest talents in world football. The 16-year-old will be enchanting at the European Championships.
- In an interview, Yamal's dad says: "When he was born, I already knew he was going to be a star."
- Yamal was bathed by Lionel Messi in 2007 as part of a shoot for a charity campaign. Messi was 20 years old at the time and Yamal was still a baby. Yamal's father jokes that Lamine probably blessed Messi.
Mounir Nasraoui already suspected it - he says now - when Lamine Yamal came into the world on July 13, 2007. "When he was born, I already knew he was going to be a star," he said in an interview with several Spanish media outlets, according to Mundo Deportivo. He said that he experienced his son's impressive performances at the European Championship in Germany "like everyone else: With happiness and joy and a lot of love for the whole of Spain."
Yamal's father jokes: Lamine has probably blessed Messi
According to the Spanish sports newspaper, the conversation took place in Yamal's home, more precisely in Rocafonda, a district of Mataró a good 30 kilometers from Barcelona. The wonder teenager, who became the youngest European Championship goalscorer with his dream goal in the semi-final against France, is under contract with FC there. His fixed transfer fee is said to be one billion euros.
"One of the happiest men in the world today is Mounir Nasraoui, father of Lamine Yamal," wrote Mundo Deportivo. Referring to a series of photos showing the then 20-year-old Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi with Lamine as a baby, Nasraoui joked that Lamine had probably blessed Messi. The proud dad plans to travel to the final on Saturday - the 17th birthday of his already famous son.
