18-year-old Yamal, owner of Barcelona's new No. 10...Billion-sounding annual salary → 1.6 billion penalty crisis is bad news
Jul 17, 2025
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Ramin Yamal (18), who outperforms Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), will wear Barcelona's symbol No. 10. Yamal signed a six-year contract extension with Barcelona on the 17th (Korea Standard Time) and received a new uniform with a number 10 engraved on it from Chairman Juan Laporta.
Barcelona made their first-team debut with the number "41, shined with the number 27 and solidified their position with the number 19. Now it's time to put on number 10 and raise your standards." Barcelona's No. 10 is synonymous with world soccer. Argentina's late soccer hero Diego Maradona, Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho (Brazil) and Messi were the main characters.
Yamal "Re-signing is thought to mean that he can remain with the club for the rest of his life. I will continue to enjoy myself and win the championship. Because I'm in the best club in the world. There's no pressure because I'm in the best club in the world. Messi walked his way. I'm going to make my way. I will also try to make my own way."
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Yamal is the best talent La Masia has produced since Messi 'Legend'. Yamal surpassed Messi of the same age. He made his Primera Liga debut in April 2023 at 15 years and 290 days, the youngest ever in Barcelona's club history.
He has become a mainstay since the 2023-2024 season. He is also the youngest player to start La Liga (16 years and 38 days) and score (16 years and 87 days). In the 2024-2025 season, which ended, he scored 18 goals in 55 official matches, including nine goals in 35 La Liga matches, leading Barcelona's domestic treble (triple crown, Lariga, Copa del Rey, Super Cup).
Yamal also flew much faster in the European Champions League, the "War of Stars." In his 100th match in Barcelona, Yamal broke the record of being the youngest to score in the semifinals.
He made 106 appearances for Barcelona, scoring 25 goals and 34 assists. At the age of 17, Messi scored one goal in nine matches and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr) scored five goals and four assists in 19 matches.
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In the end, evaluation is praise, itself. Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand said "In terms of pure talent, it's a different dimension than any other player playing in the world's top five leagues. I can't believe I'm 17 years old" he evaluated.
Simone Inzaghi, the former head coach of Italy's Serie A Inter Milan who faced Yamal in the UCL semifinals, said "Yamal is a talent that appears once every 50 years". It was really impressive to see it up close. Our players played two or three times as hard to face Yamal," he praised.
But there are bad news, too. Marking his 18th birthday on the 13th, he is under investigation by Spanish prosecutors for allegedly featuring a disabled person with dwarfism as a performer at a party and may be fined 876,000 pounds (about 1.63 billion won).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
