Barcelona famous person Lamine Yamal has been tipped to develop into pretty much as good as Cristiano Ronaldo sooner or later by the person who represents each of them: tremendous agent Jorge Mendes.
Yamal is already higher than Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, was on the similar age. The winger solely celebrated his seventeenth birthday in July, on the eve of serving to Spain win Euro 2024. By then, he’d already had a full season of being Barcelona‘s finest participant beneath his belt too.
At 17, each Ronaldo and Messi debuted in skilled soccer, but it surely was three or 4 extra years earlier than both may lay declare to being the most effective at their respective golf equipment.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is the most effective in historical past, he’s distinctive. He was, he’s and he’ll proceed to be. If there may be somebody now who will be like him, that might be Lamine Yamal, however sooner or later,” Mendes advised Marca this week.
“He’s the one with probably the most expertise and the one with probably the most prospects of doing issues properly. He can win a number of Ballons d’Or.”
Mendes implied that Ronaldo, who is understood for his dedication to soccer – as soon as telling a packed World Cup press convention to drink water as an alternative of the sponsor cola drink – is the instance Yamal must observe if he desires to fulfil his pure expertise to its most potential.
“Cristiano is the most effective. I’ve at all times thought so. He’s an instance, in coaching, in diet, work on the sector and off the sector. He’s an instance to elucidate what must be achieved,” Mendes defined.
“Soccer is not only about coming and scoring objectives. There are lots of issues behind it. The agent needs to be there and assist the participant succeed.”
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