The Barca starlet was named Young Player of the Tournament, won Goal of the Tournament and was included in the Team of the Tournament, while he has since scooped the 2024 Golden Boy award

FC Barcelona icon Lionel Messi heaped praise on his fellow La Masia graduate Lamine Yamal and said the left winger has a 'huge future'.

When asked who was the young player who is similar to him, Lionel Messi mentioned Barcelona gem Lamine Yamal in the ultimately high praise. Lionel Messi has given his full blessing to Lamine Yamal as his successor.

Lionel Messi has acknowledged that Barcelona teenage sensation Lamine Yamal reminds him of himself when he was young.

Lionel Messi waxed lyrical about Barcelona teen prodigy Lamine Yamal. The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner appeared to crown Yamal the next GOAT in football.

Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal has shown their mutual admiration on several occasions, with the latest being a video on the Argentine's Instagram account.

With his career coming to an end, Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi, who currently plays for Inter Miami, said his successor is Moroccan-Spanish rising star Lamine Yamal, who plays for Barcelona and has chosen to represent the Spanish national team.

Lionel Messi has tipped Lamine Yamal to go on and enjoy a ‘huge future’ in the game and named the Barcelona winger as the player from the next generation who most reminds him of himself. Yamal, 17, emerged from Barcelona’s La Masia youth ranks in August 2023 and has experienced enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last 12 months,