Pedri admits Barcelona star provides ‘a similar feeling to when Messi was in the squad’ | OneFootball

Barcelona star Pedri has this week revealed precisely how teammate Lamine Yamal reminds him of club legend and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi.

Wide-man Lamine has for his part of course spent the season to date continuing to build on his reputation as world football’s standout young talent.

Taking his production in the final third to a new level altogether, the Spaniard, still just 17, has directly contributed to a hefty 33 goals in 42 appearances across all competitions.

With such remarkable output at such a young age, though, comes inevitable comparisons with some of the game’s all-time greats.

One in particular pushed by the media in Spain is that between Lamine and Barcelona legend Lionel Messi, who also burst onto the scene at a young age.

And one individual of the opinion that, from one standpoint at least, such comparisons are accurate, is the aforementioned Pedri.

Speaking in an interview with El Pais, as cited by Fabrizio Romano, this week, midfielder Pedri explained:

“When Lamine gets the ball, you know he’s going to dribble the first opponent easily… and then something can happen. It’s similar to the feeling we had when Messi was in the squad.”

Conor Laird – GSFN