🤯 96 goals in 30 games?! Barça’s next Yamal is already waiting in the wings | OneFootball

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Barcelona's youth academy seems to be doing something right in recent years, having just formed a player for the first team in Lamine Yamal, who is currently unstoppable. And although the 17-year-old Spaniard probably has his whole career ahead of him, a player in the Catalans' La Masia academy is now causing a stir, who could give Yamal serious competition sooner or later - and he's just 13 years old.

The talk is of Fode Diallo, the 13-year-old (yes, just thirteen!!!) offensive player of Barça's U-13 team. He has managed an incredible 96 goals in 30 games for his team this season. That's more than 3 goals per game. As a 13-year-old. 13!!! And not at some rural village club in deepest Bavaria, but at FC Barcelona.

For comparison: Lamine Yamal scored 68 goals in 29 games for Barcelona's U13. That's almost bad compared to Diallo. Some time ago, Diallo himself went on a goal-scoring spree with Yamal, who knows if it won't be the other way around in a few years?

His technique and quality at such a young age are impressive, which is why he is already being compared to Barça's Ferran Torres by many. And if you watch clips of Diallo's games, you'll notice: after scoring goals, he often imitates Torres' well-known celebration pose - the comparison seems to please him.

Incidentally, the 13-year-old Spaniard with Guinean roots is not only incredibly good on the pitch: he currently has over 118,000 followers on Instagram. Not bad for a young player.

Fode Diallo is definitely a name we should remember: either because he will make his professional debut in two or three years (and overshadow Yamal?) or because he will score 100+ goals per season next season - what do you think is more likely?

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