Lamine Yamal was better than Lionel Messi at 17, according to the former Real Madrid midfielder.
Former Real Madrid midfielder Jose Maria Gutierrez Guti has hailed Barcelona’s 17-year-old starlet Lamine Yamal as a better player than the Argentine forward and even better than Lionel Messi when the Argentine was the same age.
Yamal has been a key player สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน for Hansi Flick’s side, starting 24 of the 29 Bundesliga games and completing 90 minutes in almost every game except one, scoring six goals and providing 11 assists. He turns 18 in July and has been drawing increasing comparisons to the likes of Messi, with former Los Blancos midfielder Guti the latest to speak out.
‘He’s way ahead of me. Is he the best? What does it mean to be the best? To be the best means to be the best in every game and he’s not the best in every game,’ Guti said.
‘It happens to him like Kylian Mbappe or Vinicius Junior. He has great ability and we always say he doesn’t score goals. But with his passes he can decide the game.’
‘He is a player who can decide a game with one pass.’
‘I’ve never seen Messi do that at his age. He’s a star in La Liga but still a young player. He’s the standard at Barcelona right now.’