Barça's strategy for Lamine Yamal to follow in Gavi's 'footsteps'

Lamine Yamal converted , against the Real Betis, in the youngest player in debuting in LaLiga with the T-shirt of the FC Barcelona. It did it with 15 years and 290 days in the last ten minutes of the meeting against the group verdiblanco after replacing to Gavi. Already it has gone in in the books of history of the club, but his intention is to remain by a good time and follow fulfilling objective.

Although from the Barça already aim to that has 'things' of players like Leo Messi and that it could mark a period in the club, the reality is that it is a player that is in full growth and that still has a lot of way by in front to form like footballer. The culés know it and want to 'guide it' and accompany it at all times, as they did it (and continue doing) with Gavi.

A bad precedent and spirits of 'improvement' in the Barça

The managers of the inferior categories of the Barça are conscious that give the step to the elite never is simple. It is to happen to be unobserved to go in in an announcement for a party that will see million people. It is not always easy and comes accompanied of a process 'hard' of maduration for the footballers. With the recent antecedent of indiscipline of Yamal, want to take care the backs.

It is worth it to remember that around the middle of March went out to the light that the footballer of the Barça had been separated of the Spanish selection sub-17 by an act of indiscipline beside a player of the Real Madrid (Jesús Fortea) and Athletic of Madrid (Daniel Muñoz). It was punished and, in fact, apologised by all what occurred, but in the club are very attentive and will look for that the 'transition' was the most correct possible.

Gavi, as 'example'

In some recent statements to 'SPORT', Mike Puig, director of The Masia, has explained how will be the process of adaptation of the footballer of 15 years, comparing his case with the one of Gavi, the one who debuted in the season 2021-2022: "Have a recent example with Gavi, that went the fourth debutante younger in the League. These cases it is necessary to treat them with naturalidad and keep the same degree of requirement and rigour in every aspect".

It has explained, in concrete, that "is important that follow touching of feet in the floor. It is true that experience a change. They lose the anonymity. They happen to be anonymous to almost not being able to go out to the street. This it is necessary to treat it. When it debuted Gavi, memory that seated me with him and taught him the list of the ten debutantes younger of the history of the Barça", deepened

Likewise, the director of The Masia did upsetting in that "unfortunately, some of them had not done career in the first team, could not settle. Inside some days, when it see to Lamine, will do the same. I will seat me with him. I want that it explain me his experience, but will show him this list so that it see that it has to follow working and that it has to follow touching with the feet in the floor. Because once you arrive, the important is to keep".