Barcelona’s teen star Lamine Yamal signs new contract

BARCELONA — Lamine Yamal has signed his first skilled contract with Barcelona, with the 16-year-old extending his keep on the Catalan membership till at the very least 2026.

The winger put pen to paper on the deal — which features a €1 billion ($1.05bn) launch clause — at Barça’s coaching floor on Monday at an occasion additionally attended by president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco.

Until he turns 18, Yamal can not signal a contract for longer than three years, which is the rationale he has not signed longer phrases.

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It has been a record-breaking 12 months for the ahead, who made his first crew debut in April whereas he was nonetheless 15, turning into the youngest participant to symbolize Barça in LaLiga. He has since gone on to turn out to be the youngest participant to ever play and rating for Spain, netting on his debut towards Georgia earlier this month.

Meanwhile, at membership stage, he has established himself in Xavi Hernandez’s squad, making 9 appearances in all competitions thus far this season, together with 4 begins. He arrange the winner, an personal purpose by Sergio Ramos, in Friday’s 1-0 victory over Sevilla in LaLiga as Barça maintained their unbeaten begin to the marketing campaign.

Further data may fall within the coming weeks, with Yamal nonetheless in a position to turn out to be the youngest-ever purpose scorer in LaLiga and the Champions League. That file is held by Ansu Fati within the Champions League, whose purpose towards Inter Milan for Barça in 2019 got here when he was 17 years and 40 days previous.

In LaLiga, although, he’s working out of time. He has only one recreation left — away at Granada on Sunday — to beat the mark set by Fabrice Olinga, who was 16 years and 98 days previous when he scored for Malaga a decade in the past.

Yamal first joined Barça in 2013 from native Catalan membership CF Torreta and has since progressed by means of the academy, racing by means of the age teams till reaching the primary crew this 12 months.