Barcelona have rejected what would have been a record $270 million move for winger prodigy Lamine Yamal ahead of the current European Championship to Spanish news outlet EFE, citing anonymous resources at the Catalan club.
Lamine has been making headlines across the continent lately following his sensational goal for Spain against France in the semi-finals of this festival on Tuesday.
Les Bleus took the lead in the 8th minute thanks to a Kolo Muani header assisted by Kylian Mbappé, but then succumbed to MVP Lamine’s 21st-minute equalizer before Dani Olmo gave Spain a 2-1 lead which they controlled to keep until the end. the end of the game.
The 16-year-old has a contract with Barcelona with a clause of 1,082 million dollars (1,000 million euros), as the Blaugrana learned from what happened with Neymar in 2017.
Barça believed the Brazilian was home at the time, as any interested club would have to pay €222 million ($240 million) to release him from his Camp Nou contract.
However, he underestimated Paris Saint-Germain, who invested money and broke the world record for moves to borrow Neymar, in turn transforming the market forever.
Fast forward to 2024, and the Qatar-backed Ligue 1 giant has shown that it is willing to do the same to sign Lamine, who they see as Mbappe’s best replacement, on his way to Real Madrid.
The president of Barça, Joan Laporta, showed in a MARCA report on his podcast last March that his club had rejected a colossal offer of 216 million dollars (200 million euros) for the teenager who is on the books of the club. Barça since he was seven years old.
“We have offers for players like Lamine Yamal of 200 million euros and we said no,” Laporta explained.
“Because we have confidence in the boy, in his sporting projection, and we don’t want to [accept]. On the contrary. We are in the process of economic recovery and we see the light at the end of the tunnel. “
At the end of June, Mundo Deportivo reported that PSG had submitted a $270 million (€250 million) offer for Lamine.
However, according to EFE, this sum deposited before the European Championship through an anonymous match but rejected by Barça who consider Lamine “non-transferable as the cornerstone of [their] sporting project”.
Despite its well-documented Financial Fair Play disorders, Barça threatens to squander a generational skill that would simply be irreplaceable.
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