Lamine Yamal already carries the weight of being Barcelona’s new gem. But he found a very personal way to protect himself from the noise: simply not looking.
“How do I deal with criticism? On Instagram I don’t read anything. I barely see anything”, confessed the young Spanish winger. His filter is surgical: he only allows himself to go on Twitter when he knows he played well. If the match wasn’t what he expected, he doesn’t even go near the app. Press, headlines, none of that gets past his radar.
In an era when any footballer can spiral by reading comments at 2 in the morning, Yamal has already learned something that many veterans take an entire career to understand: the mind must be cared for the same way a leg is cared for. 🧠⚽