Lamine Yamal breaks Kylian Mbappe's record at the Ballon d'Or

Last night, France Football magazine announced the list of 30 nominees for the 2024 Ballon d'Or award. Notably, 17-year-old Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal is also on the list.

Lamine Yamal was nominated for the Ballon d'Or at the age of 17 (Photo: Getty).

Lamine Yamal's inclusion in the nomination list is understandable. This player has played excellently for Barcelona and the Spanish national team. In particular, Lamine Yamal has played impressively for Spain at Euro 2024. He has scored 1 goal and contributed 4 assists.

Thanks to that, Lamine Yamal has excellently won the Best Young Player award at Euro 2024. By being nominated for the Golden Ball award, the striker born in 2007 also made history by becoming the youngest player to be nominated at 17 years and 53 days. Previously, Mbappe held this record when he was nominated at 18 years and 293 days.

In the 2017 Ballon d'Or race, Mbappe finished in 7th place. Similar to Mbappe 7 years ago, Lamine Yamal is considered a strong candidate for the Ballon d'Or award.

Nominations for the 2024 Ballon d'Or (Photo: Be Soccer).

Even if he doesn't win the Ballon d'Or, Lamine Yamal is a strong candidate to win the 2024 Kopa Trophy (Golden Ball for players under 21) and Tuttosport's Golden Boy award.

For the first time in 21 years, two superstars Messi and C. Ronaldo are not on the list of nominees for the Golden Ball award. This can be seen as a sign of the end of the great era of the two leading superstars in football history. The appearance of Lamine Yamal, along with a series of other stars such as Mbappe, Haaland, Vinicius, Phil Foden... signals a new competition in world football.

Lamine Yamal is currently training with the Spanish national team to prepare for the Nations League matches. The Golden Ball award will be presented on October 28 at the Chatelet Theater in Paris (France).

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