“Barça is the club of my life and I want to be there as long as possible”

The young Spanish winger of FC Barcelona Lamine Yamal is clear that he is going to renew with the Blaugrana team, the club of his “life” and where he wants to “be as long as possible”, while who also recognizes that things have happened “very quickly” for someone “adolescent” like him.

“I don’t know when (the contract will be signed), but I think it will be soon. In the end, Barça is the club of my life and I hope to renew my contract with them and be with them as long as possible. I want to play in the Spanish league “I want to play for Barça, and yes, I will renew my contract, I will,” Yamal said in an exclusive interview with ‘CNN Sport’ after winning the Emerging Player award at the Globe Soccer Awards gala in Dubai.

Regarding German coach Hansi Flick, the international does not hide that “he is a different coach” and that he has a “different style of play.” “We have sought to adapt to what he has told us and I think we are doing well,” he warned.

The young 17-year-old footballer hopes that 2025 will bring the team’s improvement again, which ended with bad feelings in 2024 after a great start and also coinciding with his loss due to an ankle injury. The first challenge will be in the Spanish Super Cup. “In 2025 we will do our best to win titles, starting with the Spanish Super Cup and I hope it will be the best year of our lives,” he wished.

Yamal is also clear that Barça will be the EA Sports LaLiga champion. “Of course, without a doubt. In the end, the League will be won against the teams we have previously lost against. I think it is a question of concentration because we have shown in important moments that we are the best and we will continue to do so,” he warned.

On a personal level, he emphasizes his predilection for the Brazilian Neymar Jr. “I was five years old when I saw him at Santos, but seven when I saw him in person at FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou and it was incredible. It is true that there was Messi who also “It was incredible, but Neymar was something totally different. He has always been my idol, he is a star, a football legend,” he said.

Furthermore, he admits that “things have happened very quickly” in his progression. “I don’t think this is normal for a teenager, I think it’s nice to be the first teenager to do these things, but in the end I just think about the future, about the good things that happen and that’s it. As my mother says: ‘Enjoy always the moment because everything happens very quickly,'” he stressed.

And all this without neglecting their educational training. “I studied and played, but the whole year has gone well, winning the Euro Cup and passing the ESO, now I’m calm. I’m totally focused on football and I’m going to continue in this line,” said the FC Barcelona player.