Lamine Yamal extends his contract with FC Barcelona until 2026 with a clause of one billion

This Monday, Lamine Yamal officially extended his contract with FC Barcelona until 2026, as announced by the Catalan club itself through its social networks. The 16-year-old attacker will now receive an exit clause of one billion euros.

The young Barça forward signed his new contract on Monday morning at the Joan Gamper Sports City office, during an event with the president of FC Barcelona, ​​​​Joan Laporta; the first vice president, Rafa Yuste; the director responsible for Training Football, Joan Soler; and the club’s sporting director, Anderson Luis de Souza “Deco”.

In this way, the already Spanish international remains linked to Barça and can continue to grow as a footballer with the culé team, just as he has done since arriving at La Masía from CF La Torreta at the age of 7. And despite his youth, Lamine Yamal has risen through the podiums very quickly and has become one of the biggest promises of Barça youth football. At just 15 years, 9 months and 16 days, he made his official first-team debut against Betis in the league on April 29, 2023, becoming the youngest player to debut for FC Barcelona.

Since then, he has earned a place in Xavi Hernández’s team. And after completing the 23/24 preseason, Lamine Yamal continued to maintain the coach’s confidence. Against Cádiz he became the youngest starter in Barça’s history at 16 years and 38 days old, while against Royal Antwerp he became Barça’s youngest debutant in the Champions League, the second in the competition’s history, at 16 years and 68 days old.

He also made history with the Spain senior team. After her first call-up, the young pearl who trained in La Masia made her debut against Georgia at 16 years and 57 days old, making her the youngest player in La Roja. But not only that, because when he was on the field for half an hour he scored the final 1-7 in the Spanish victory and also became the youngest goalscorer.

Hurricane Lamine

Since the current season, there has been euphoria in Barcelona about Lamine Yamal, with the teenager starting to shine in the first matches of LaLiga 2023/24. He has already been a starter in some first-team games and makes people talk about him only in Can Barça.

Last season he played for the Barça Juvenil A team. Oscar Lopez and because he was competing with children three years older than him, his qualities did not go unnoticed. The networks have also done their part to get people talking about his playing: this is what is commonly referred to as ‘a player’, and his actions have gone viral. His repertoire is very colorful but not lost in ornamentation. He is an effective player who puts his individual technique at the service of the team and translates it into goals and assists.

Lamine, born in Esplugas de Llobregat (Spain), to a Moroccan father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, has a wide repertoire of dribbles and seems unstoppable one-on-one. All this has led to him being considered one at Barça great bet for the future. This is the only way to explain why he skipped several steps and is playing in the first team when he should still be playing in the first team due to his age. Cadet. In that risky jump, his physical evolution helps him, which, together with his technique, which comes from the factory, allows him to show himself first.

Yamal has developed on the right wing and has often been in search of his powerful shot on goal, but his growth, physically and football, points to other future possibilities all along the attacking front. There are a thousand factors that will determine your future, but Lamine contains great player wood. It is in his hands, those of his environment, in his technicians and also in luck that what today is an exciting project for a footballer becomes reality. For now it is on the right track. Who’s stopping him?