After the case of Ansu Fati, now Lamine Yamal – Spain’s top young star at Euro 2024 and Barcelona Club is considered the successor to the great number 10 of superstar Lionel Messi at the Catalan team.

Recently, the online community suddenly shared a photo of Lionel Messi interacting with the newborn baby Lamine Yamal before the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 as well as Copa America 2024. This photo quickly went viral and received a lot of interactions on famous social networking sites of 433 or Fabrizo Romano, etc.

The photographer captured the memorable moment when Messi showed his affection to the newborn Yamal in 2007. Later that year, Yamal’s mother, Sheila Ebana, a Barcelona fan, brought her son to meet Messi at a social event, leading to this highly-regarded photo.

In the comments section on 433’s official Instagram page, many fans thought that Lionel Messi had found his successor at that moment.

“I think Yamal was born to be a football player. We were not ready when he reached his prime.”

“He was touched by a God.”

“When Messi was young, he met his successor early.”

“Messi gave him the divine touch.”

“That touch makes Yamal the best young player at the moment.”

Although their playing styles are not exactly the same, both coming from La Masia, making a name for themselves at a very young age and both being Barcelona’s number 1 hope help Lamine Yamal be considered the successor to the great number 10 shirt left by Lionel Messi.

A few years ago, Ansu Fati was in the same position as Yamal is in, but constant injuries have ruined the career of the striker born in 2002.

Lamine Yamal is Spain’s top star at Euro 2024, expected to shine in the quarter-final match against Germany at 11:00 p.m. today (July 5) Vietnam time. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi and his teammates are also ready to conquer the throne at Copa America 2024 by determined to defeat Ecuador in the round of 8 strongest teams taking place this morning (8:00 a.m.).