Barcelona announce new number for Lamine Yamal as contract is signed

Barcelona have announced that Lamine Yamal will be their new number 10, as well as confirming a contract renewal in the process. The Blaugrana have locked in their premier talent until 2031, on a six-year deal with the Blaugrana.

The Blaugrana announced that Lamine Yamal would be their new number 10 via a video, with a mural also painted in his neighbourhood of Rocafonda in Mataro, a town close to Barcelona. Lamine Yamal inherits the number from Ansu Fati, who himself succeeded Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho.

Speaking to the Barcelona club media after the renewal, which will remarkably keep him at the club until he is just 23, he described it as ‘a dream’.

“It’s a dream since I was young, and I’m very happy, with all of my family here. It’s a dream.”

“The club is my life. I’ve been here since I was seven years old, it’s my home. To get to the first team from La Masia is a dream, now I’m achieving that dream, and I have to keep working.”

In terms of his goals, the recently turned 18-year-old had his mind firmly on victory.

“To win, always to win, to enjoy myself and to continue growing. But above all to win.”

“[To the fans, my message is that] I’m really looking forward to playing at the new stadium, we’ll enjoy ourselves a lot, and we will win, no doubt.”