FC Barcelona has made official on Tuesday what many considered inevitable:Lamine Yamal, the young jewel of the Masia, has been chosen to carry theDorsal iconic 10, a number that is loaded with history, responsibility and magic in the Catalan club.
SinceLionel MessiHe will leave the club in 2021, the number 10 has been involved in an aura of respect and symbolism. Previously, this same number was carried by legends likeDiego Armando Maradona, RonaldinhoAnd, of course, Messi himself. Today, that legacy continues on the shoulders of a boy who is barely 17 years old but has already shown to have talent and personality to assume such a challenge.
Lamine Yamal, explosive and creative extreme, it has been one of the great revelations of European football in the last year. His self -confidence, game vision and ability to make differences in one have fallen in love with both the culé fans and the coaching staff headed byHansi Flick, who would have personally approved the decision to deliver the mythical dorsal.
“It is an honor and great responsibility,” Yamal said in a brief interview for Barça TV. “I grew up seeing Messi with 10, and I never imagined that one day I would have to take that number. I will proudly and with respect for the history of the club.”
The decision has generated a great reaction in social networks. Many fans have shown their enthusiasm to see the young talent take over from the great legends, while others ask for patience and time so that they can develop without excessive pressures.
The club, on the other hand, fully trusts that Yamal has the necessary character and maturity to write his own history with 10 on his back. In a season in which Barça seeks to be a protagonist again in the League and in Europe, the figure of Lamine Yamal could be key in the reconstruction of the new Barca project.
With this historic assignment, a new era begins for FC Barcelona, and all eyes will be put in Lamine Yamal, the new heir to the most emblematic dorsal of world football.
