FC Barcelona have turned out an impressive number of forwards from the ranks in the last few years. In the recent past, Ansu Fati rose through the ranks at FC Barcelona before taking the football world by storm four years ago, while several other forwards have come out of La Masia in recent seasons.
However, there is one forward in particular who is getting into the headlines related to FC Barcelona by his performances. This is the 16-year-old Lamine Yamal, who has played in the last few matches for FC Barcelona despite his lack of experience and youth.
Lamine Yamal has the full confidence of Xavi as the Barcelona head coach has been training the youngster with the first team for some time now. Yamal spent the entire pre-season with the Barcelona first team, and had some memorable performances in the friendly games during this period.
His performance against Tottenham in the Joan Gamper Trophy was particularly impressive, but the player also had some good outings in competitive matches against Getafe and Cadiz. In fact, Yamal made his first start with the senior Barcelona team in this second La Liga match against Cadiz.
Now, owing primarily to his performances in these matches, Yamal has reached another personal milestone. As SPORT has reported, the youngster became the first player to reach a valuation of €25 million on the Transfermarkt portal.
Having a value of €25 million only at 16 years of age shows that Yamal is valued not only by Barcelona, but outside observers also rate the youngster very highly. Hopefully, the teenager can keep to his trajectory of growth and development in the coming years, and become one of the best players in the world.
