Lamine Yamal's Labyrinth: Choose Messi or follow Neymar?

After the El Clasico, Barca and the Spanish team are both worried about the situation of Lamine Yamal, who is living in an unstable present.

Lack of guides

On the morning of October 11, in the Spanish national team training area in Las Rozas, a video spread through the players' phones, as the team prepared to travel to Elche to play Georgia that evening ( 2-0 ).

In a clip posted on Instagram by Argentine singer Nicki Nicole, she and her boyfriend are seen taking a helicopter to see the Croatian islands in the Adriatic Sea.

Yamal is lost and lacking protection. Photo: MD

That boyfriend, of course, is Lamine Yamal , who Barcelona had previously sent a medical notice saying he had a persistent “pubic infection”, to explain his absence from the Spanish national team.

“What the hell is he doing?” someone in the office was heard to blurt out.

Indeed, that phrase has been heard many times in recent weeks, from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and in Barcelona . Both places are worried about the path Lamine is taking: a young man of only 18 years but the entire football industry has fallen on his shoulders.

According to multiple sources in Barcelona and Madrid (RFEF headquarters), the complexity in life comes from not having a real leader, someone prestigious and close enough to help Yamal navigate the sea of ​​fame and money he suddenly fell into.

“The problem is that no one showed Lamine the way. At 18 it is difficult to see your own path ,” a member of the Barcelona first team told El Mundo.

At the Joan Gamper Centre, it is whispered that no one dares to say “no” to Lamine, even when it is appropriate to do so. For example, his appearance on the King's League show on Thursday night, before the Clasico.

According to those sources, that is the real problem, not some talk about “Madrid stealing and crying” .

Similarly, the image of riding a helicopter with his girlfriend during the week of injury treatment is also in that wrong category, because that was the week when Lamine should have been resting absolutely to recover from the injury.

Nicki Nicole in a Barca match. Photo: EFE

Who helped Yamal?

To help Lamine find his way back, there are three channels that can influence: family, agent or club.

As for his family, only his grandmother Fatima and mother Sheila had enough affection to influence him, but both were quite unfamiliar with the football world he lived in.

As for the agent, Jorge Mendes has been warned about the situation, but so far no concrete action has been taken. The only thing is that some people from Gestifute (Mendes' agency) are ready to support their biggest star.

Finally, Barcelona. Previously, when he was still in the youth team, academy director Jordi Roura decided to bring Lamine to La Masia to separate him from bad influences from outside.

That is no longer the case. La Masia and the Camp Nou office no longer have Juanjo Castillo or Pepe Costa, the experts the club sent to closely follow and shape the players not only in football but also in life.

Barca now have a Player Support Office, but no one there is close enough to Yamal to listen. At most they will help him... find an apartment.

Additionally, a media company called The Underdogs is helping him with his image. One notable detail: someone (whose identity is unclear) convinced Yamal to cancel an appearance on a popular French streamer's channel last Tuesday.

Lamine Yamal plays in El Clasico while his injury has not fully healed. Photo: Diario AS

Back to the injury story, the problem with his pub is seriously affecting Yamal's form. The numbers are not very impressive: 3 goals (2 penalties) and 5 assists, compared to 5 goals and 11 assists in the same period last year.

It is true that he missed 5 matches due to pain in the pubis. But above all, it is the feeling of playing football that everyone who watches can see. At Bernabeu, he is playing when he is not fully healed, lacking the confidence to make a breakthrough.

According to experts, conservative treatment options require many hours of physical therapy and rest, neither of which are part of Yama’s schedule.

Between a series of advertising contracts, club events, and the desire to be the center of the social media universe at the age of 18, along with a famous girlfriend, he has not found a way out of the persistent pain.

At Barcelona, ​​there is talk of surgery. Meanwhile, Hansi Flick's coaching staff are asking the question that has been on the minds of fans since his emergence: will Lamine Yamal choose to be Neymar or Messi?

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/me-cung-lamine-yamal-chon-messi-hay-theo-chan-neymar-2457880.html