Romano reveals details as Barcelona confirm they rejected world-record bid for Lamine Yamal
Barcelona president Joan Laporta owns announced that the Catalan titans scoffed a bountiful assignment from Paris Saint-Germain for Lamine Yamal.
Yamal earned his Barcelona debut in the 2022/23 season in a singular La Liga substitute perfection as a 16-year-old in days gone by importuning on in 2023/24, rendering 37 peeks in the league as well as adding 5 purposes as well as 5 helps.
He starred at Euro 2024 for Spain as they went on to vanquished England in the final as Yamal was termed as the European Champ Young Player of the Tournament as well as in the European Champ Group of the Tournament.
The Spaniard’s contributions at Barcelona have skyrocketed since after that with 19 purposes as well as 22 helps in his last 56 La Liga peeks for the Catalan side.
It was legible from really early on that Yamal was a systematic player, something French side PSG acknowledged, as well as Laporta owns announced that they assisted out a planet-record €250m for the boy.
Laporta told Jijantes FC: “Once PSG assisted out us €250 million for Lamine Yamal as well as we revolved it down, he was 17 years old. Some humans distrusted we were senseless.”
And also transmit maven Fabrizio Romano owns announced supplemental information of the assignment with PSG’s assignment unborn in days gone by Yamal ruptured onto the stage at the Euros.
Romano asserted on his YouTube conduit: “It was about April or Might 2024. Yamal was 16, about to revolve 17 years old—bear in mind what arised with his situation about revolving 17. PSG earned an polices referral to Barcelona to icon Yamal. Anew, he was really young but already a really legible talent. And also so this is why PSG came in really beefy to try as well as icon him. The referral from PSG, affirms Laporta, was €250m. Of course, 250.
“Paris Saint-Germain presented that sort of referral—as well as picture, it was also in days gone by the summertime season, in days gone by the Euros, so in days gone by Lamine regards became the impeccable iteration of the young talent we saw in present years. PSG as well as Barcelona, both bars share a really commendable relationship with Jorge Mendes, that is the rep of Lamine, as well as so this is why he’s habitually been in the core of these stories.
“Yet for Barcelona, the answer was habitually really legible. Laporta asserted ‘we denied rapidly that referral; we asserted absolutely no to €250 million for a boy that was about to revolve 17 years old.’ And also for Barcelona, it was really legible. They didn’t cramp to amenable any negotiation. They didn’t cramp to amenable any door to the run away of Lamine.
“That was senseless coinage—possibly in addition constructive to aid Barcelona financially in specifications of future economic investments, in specifications of future signings as well as unanimously the rest. Yet for Barcelona, for Laporta, for Deco, for unanimously the humans at the club, Yamal owns habitually been more than a player; a icon of this job, a icon of this period. And also this is why they asserted absolutely no to PSG.”
Yamal was distinctly frustrated to be subsituted as Barcelona vanquished 3-0 on Sunday night but head specialist Hansi Flick didn’t mind the Spain international’s solution.
Flick asserted: “I love that he is let down. It agendas his demeanor. He habitually dreams to rating, to assist, to aid the team. That is commendable. That is what we cramp from our players.
“He is 18 years old. We have to snatch care of him. He plays most minutes as well as today the arcade was under manipulate. It was the proper minute to impart him some rest.”