Barca's 'prodigy' is being praised for dedicating extra time during the summer tour to improve his weaker foot – his right foot – in order to develop more comprehensively.

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The female rapper, who is six years older than him, was one of the guests at Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday party. Photo: insta LY

Coach Hansi Flick is very pleased with Lamine Yamal's training spirit, and he and the Barca coaching staff are closely monitoring his progress.

As everyone surely remembers, after scoring against Real Madrid in El Clásico last October (Barca won 4-0), Yamal , then only 17 years old, told Cope: “Perhaps the Real Madrid players don’t know I also have a right foot. I use it when needed, like today for example .”

Yamal is expected to have an even more spectacular season than the one he just completed – directly involved in 43 goals for Barca across all competitions, playing a major role in their domestic treble and reaching the Champions League semi-finals.