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A teen with no desire to be Messi: How Lamine Yamal is forging own path
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A teen with no desire to be Messi: How Lamine Yamal is forging own path

BBC News · Jun 4, 2026, 5:27 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Published37 minutes ago Lionel Messi is in no doubt.
  • Asked at a World Cup advertisement launch to name the best player of the new generation he said: "It would be Lamine.
  • That same week, American television network CBS asked Lamine Yamal on camera whether Spain would win the World Cup.

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Published37 minutes ago Lionel Messi is in no doubt.

Asked at a World Cup advertisement launch to name the best player of the new generation he said: "It would be Lamine. No doubt about it: for me, he is the best."

That same week, American television network CBS asked Lamine Yamal on camera whether Spain would win the World Cup. He smiled and said "Yes".

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