Lamine Yamal is a teenager, but he already looks like an established player, both on the playing field and at the advertising level. Adidas, which already secured the hiring of the Barça youth player a long time ago, made his signing official this Monday with a big announcement, at the level of a star despite the Blaugrana's 16 years of age.
The one from Mataró leaves the American firm Nike to put on the German boots, the same step that Leo Messi, his idol and top representative of Adidas, followed at the beginning of his career. In fact, Yamal will wear the model inspired by the Argentine footballer, the Adidas X Crazyfast Leo Messi 'Spark Gen10s'. Only the man from Rosario and the Barcelona winger will wear these boots, which he already debuted in the match against Naples.
Adidas has confirmed in a statement that it is "a long-term partnership" with the Spanish international. Since the end of January, Lamine Yamal already started trying out her new boots, although all of them white, and it was not until the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals where she opted for her definitive model.
"I am proud to join Adidas, since it has always been the brand of the best. Growing up, I idolized Leo Messi, who has been with Adidas since I started watching football," said the Barça team player in statements collected by the German company.
And Lamine Yamal is the great sensation of Barcelona, with whom this season he has played 35 games, scored 5 goals and distributed 4 assists, becoming one of the promises called to lead the Catalan team and the Spanish team.
Since his first match with Spain on September 8 against Georgia, in which at 16 years and 57 days he was the debutant and the youngest scorer in the history of La Roja, he has become a fixture in the coach's calls. Luis de la Fuente.
