Tag: Lamine Yamal

Barcelona right winger Lamine Yamal just might be the best player in world football, because he was the biggest standout of the European Championships this past summer when Spain won the tournament and has started off the 2024/25 season on an absolute tear. Yamal is the best player on a Barcelona team loaded with attacking talent and in the midst of a historically great attacking season under new manager Hansi Flick. He has scored 5 goals with 7 assists in 11 starts thus far, averaging 2.2 key passes and 5.0 combined dribbles completed and fouls drawn per game. Perhaps the best example of Yamal's value to Barcelona came this past weekend when the Blaugrana sputtered to a 1-0 loss against Real Sociedad, failing to win one-on-ones or produce much meaningful offense for the first time a...

La Masia is back on top, as Barcelona are easily producing the finest prospects in world football, assembling a star-studded lineup where the majority of the key players are homegrown talents. Gavi and Pedri have been anchoring the midfield for the past couple of seasons, Alejandro Balde was a massive breakout star at left back in 2022/23 when Barcelona last won LaLiga, and both Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsi emerged as legitimately two of the best players in LaLiga in their respective positions. Yamal, in particular, was a revelation, dominating the competition at Euro 2024 as a key player for champions Spain. Both Yamal and Cubarsi are just 17 years old, so, in theory, Barcelona have two world-class players on their hands for the next 15 years. Cubarsi and Yamal are so good, in fa...

Barcelona are used to having the highest-rated players in world football, as evidenced by the fact that no club has had more Ballon d'Or winners in history than the Blaugrana. From Lionel Messi and Neymar to Andres Iniesta and Xavi, Barcelona have long had the most coveted players in the world and, likewise, the players who were the mostly highly-rated in FIFA video game franchises. But this year, it feels like Barca's best and brightest are being undervalued by FC25, and their very best player ended up being arguably the most underrated of those players by the upcoming game release. Lamine Yamal had a sensational first LaLiga season for the Blaugrana and was even better at the European Championships, shining for eventual winners Spain with a historically great showing throughout ...