At 19, Lamine Yamal no longer speaks like a prospect; he speaks like someone who knows what he has won.
The Spanish winger looked back over his trophy cabinet and dropped a phrase that made waves throughout football: “Never before had a player won so much at such a young age”.
Although he immediately added: “Of course, there is Pelé, who also won a lot”, he said without lowering his gaze in the presence of such a name.
What is striking is that it doesn’t sound like empty boasting: the numbers back him up. And he himself knows it, because he quickly clarified that he still has a way to go before entering football’s greater history.