36 h. ago Ivan Rakitic: Lamine Yamal would have improved the greatest Barcelona team of all time

Interview: Rakitic was part of arguably football’s greatest team – but he thinks it could have been even better

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5 d. ago Who will win Ballon d’Or 2025? Date and contenders including Lamine Yamal

The Ballon d’Or ceremony takes place earlier than usual this year

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9 d. ago Lamine Yamal seals La Liga title for Barcelona with win over Espanyol

Espanyol 0-2 Barcelona: Hansi Flick’s Barca team moved seven points clear of Real Madrid with only two games left to play

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9 d. ago Barcelona crowned LaLiga champions as Lamine Yamal nets stunner in win over Espanyol

Hansi Flick’s side wrap up title with two games to spare after derby victory

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1 week ago Hansi Flick says Barça ‘don’t feel like champions’ after chaotic clásico

Team ‘have to improve defensively’, says head coachFlick says ‘we still need three points’ to secure titleHansi Flick said he was going to have check on his heart after he watched his side come back from 2-0 down to beat Real Madrid 4-3 in a wild, chaotic game that virtually secured a league and cup double in his first season.After two Kylian Mbappé goals inside 15 minutes Barcelona were trailing, their grip on the title seeming to loosen, their great rival momentarily moving within a point at the top of the table, but goals from Eric Garcia and Lamine Yamal and two from Raphinha put them ahead before half-time. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Manchester United 'already have their own Lamine Yamal' as 'dream' step emerges

Victor Musa has been in stunning form for Manchester United's youth sides this season and has drawn comparisions with Barcelona star Lamine Yamal

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud | Rafael Behr

Britain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virusNot much about Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union is settled, but Keir Starmer can justifiably claim it has been “reset”. That word was artfully chosen before last year’s election to dress low aspiration as high diplomacy. There are 10 days of negotiation before the summit in London, where a new UK-EU partnership is due to be unveiled. It will be more outline than substance. But there is progress in the very fact that Britain’s ruling party sees Brussels as a partner, not a parasite.Old-guard Eurosceptics will, of course, denounce any deal as a betrayal of Brexit. If there are plans for a time-limited, youth exchange visa, it will be decried as a return to free movement by the back door. If there is agreement to align regulations so that goods can more efficiently cross borders and the European court of justice is involved in adjudicating ...

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2 w. ago Young footballer star asks for Messi comparisons to stop for one huge reason

FC Barcelona player Lamine Yamal is getting praised as one of the biggest football players in the world at such young age, but it seems that the star doesn't want to be compared to one of his idols

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2 w. ago Fearless Lamine Yamal leaves his mark to give Barcelona hope for the future

Teenager was a revelation across an incredible semi-final tie and Spanish side have much to be proud of in defeatOn the afternoon before the most extraordinary Champions League semi-final anyone could remember, Lamine Yamal said he had left fear behind in the park in Mataró years ago. Everything else he left behind at Montjuïc and San Siro, a statement stronger than any he had delivered in the press room. If that line was a promise, a demonstration of personality, it was kept, but Barcelona couldn’t reach their first final in a decade so he made another. “We won’t stop until this club is where it deserves to be: at the summit,” he wrote in the dark moments after defeat.Here Barcelona had been stopped within touching distance. Lamine Yamal departed the pitch in silence holding Marcus Thuram’s shirt, Inter’s players coming to embrace this boy they had survived, a child born every 50 years in the words of their manager, Simone Inzaghi. There has been something revelatory about the 17-y...

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2 w. ago Lamine Yamal compared to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at 17

Lamine Yamal's dazzling performances for Barcelona have brought inevitable comparisons with the greatest players of all time despite teenager having so much still to prove

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2 w. ago From Lamine Yamal to Mbappé: Could Team EU build a European identity?

A side made up of players from the European Union would be an ambitious project but the rewards could be pleasing for a continent looking to become more unitedImagine the scene: the television is on, the screen showing images of a packed stadium. Rodri collects the ball in midfield and launches it down the wing to Lamine Yamal, who switches play to Kylian Mbappé; the Frenchman swivels past two defenders before crossing for Robert Lewandowski, who surges forward and finishes with precision past Ederson in goal. Europe are leading the Rest of the World 1-0.Could the European Union have a football team, even if it is just for one game every other year? Why not? It is an ambitious idea that, paradoxically, could be both concrete and relevant. In an era marked by challenges to the cohesion of the union, conceiving a footballing Dream Team of the 27 countries is, in fact, one of the more plausible ways to give the continent a dimension beyond the economy or, as is highly relevant at the m...

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3 w. ago Football League heads for dramatic finale, Bayern chase title and more – matchday live

Writer Q&A, fan views, plus the latest news and previewsToday’s fixtures | Latest tables | And email matchday liveBarney’s regular Saturday column is about a young man who, on Wednesday night, came agonisingly close to breaking the internetLamine Yamal was the buildup, the takeaway and also the TV commentary to this game, which for long periods was just Rio Ferdinand saying “OH MY GOD” a lot. In the second half you kept having to check the score to make sure it wasn’t actually 6-1 to Barcelona (Lamine Yamal 6), as opposed to a 3-3 draw and a good away result for Inter.The pandemic had a start date. But the closest we got to a national throwing-off of the shackles, our own VV day, was July 2021 and the sight of a lone England football supporter placing a flare between his buttock cheeks before releasing it into the air of central London. This was our healing moment, our iconography of closure, our own white cliffs and union flags. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lamine Yamal sent 'frightening' Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi warning

MAC Of THE NET COLUMN: All eyes are on wonderkid Lamine Yamal after his impressive Champions League showing against Inter Milan - but Barcelona need to proceed with caution

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3 w. ago Fans say ‘Lamine Yamal dreams of being Harry Maguire' as 'magic' inspires Man Utd to crucial win

Manchester United fans have said ‘Yamal who?’ after Harry Maguire produced an incredible piece of skill to inspire Ruben Amorim's side to a vital win in Bilbao

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3 w. ago Marcus Rashford shows true Lamine Yamal colours as Man United watch on

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has shown his approval towards Lamine Yamal's performances for Barcelona.

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3 w. ago Man United find their Lamine Yamal during Athletic Bilbao Europa League drama

Manchester United have enjoyed a brilliant start to their Europa League semi-final tie against Athletic Bilbao

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3 w. ago Alejandro Garnacho's Lamine Yamal message shows why Man United transfer can be done

Manchester United are heading into a summer transfer window where they need to sell big to make the purchases Ruben Amorim needs

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3 w. ago Erling Haaland sends Lamine Yamal message after Barcelona star stuns in Champions League

Latest Manchester City news as Erling Haaland sends a message to Lamine Yamal after the youngster's thrilling performance for Barcelona in the Champions League

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3 w. ago Football Daily | Is Lamine Yamal already the best male player on the planet?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In a world of hyperbole, recency bias and superlatives that are more exhausted than Casemiro on a counterattack, it is still not a stretch to call Lamine Yamal the best male footballer on the planet. Some particularly cantankerous individuals in Madrid might object to that, and while their annual boycott of Football Daily’s Bank Holiday Barbecue continues to be a point of consternation across the footballing world, there is no denying that the Barcelona boy is bit special. We say boy, because that is legally what he is. Akin to mentioning Frank Lampard whenever anyone talks about Coventry City or helicopter rides whenever brings up Michael Owen, we are contractually obliged to remind you of Lamine Yamal’s age whenever we write about him. HE IS JUST 17, FOLKS.It’s easy to mock Ange Postecoglou as Spurs have had a difficult season and are 16th in the Premier League (scroll down). But at least he’s in the semi-finals of Bigger Vase and...

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3 w. ago Better than Messi: Lamine Yamal's generational talent is Barcelona's 'boy king'

The 17-year-old has been dubbed a ‘genus’ after starring against Inter Milan

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