Barcelona official Enric Masip, has named the club’s youngster, Lamine Yamal as the best in the world currently.
Yamal has scored six goals and set up eight more in 16 appearances in all competitions, with Barça losing the only two league games he did not start this season.
The youngster has dominated the league more than can be said for Kylian Mbappé who was proclaimed as coming to takeover the Spanish La Liga but his performance and form has been weak.
“I would say that right now he’s the most decisive player [in the world], yes. I don’t think it’s necessarily good to speak about a 17-year-old kid being the best in the world, but for us, he is,” Masip said when quizzed on if Yamal is currently the best in the world.
“I wouldn’t say we have won the lottery, but the year that Mbappé decides to go to Madrid — which was the cherry on top of the cake for a team that had won LaLiga and the Champions League — you have a 16-year-old kid appear who wins the European Championship [with Spain] and becomes a global phenomenon in a very short time,” he added.
“Suddenly, you’re in a league that begins as the league of Mbappé and it becomes the league of [Yamal] with the way he appears and plays in such a fun way — he is a different player,” he praised Lamine Yamal.
He further added that the quality of Lamine Yamal can only be found in the likes of Lionel Messi.
“Every game he does something that leaves you with your mouth open. It’s a privilege for LaLiga and Barça to have a player like that,” he indicated.
