Manchester City legend backs Barcelona prodigy to become ‘one of the best in history’ | OneFootball

In a very short career at the highest level, Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal has established himself as one of the most exciting players in the game of football today.

After enjoying an explosive debut campaign, the 17-year-old won the European Championships with Spain during the summer.

Now, he is carrying on from where he left off, emerging as one of Hansi Flick’s most important players with Barcelona off to a rampaging start to the season.

Naturally, Yamal has drawn a lot of praise for his performances for club and country, with Real Madrid legend Cristiano Ronaldo backing him to become one of the best players of the new generation.

David Silva agrees

Now, another great of the game, former Manchester City and Spain midfielder, David Silva, has lavished praise on Lamine Yamal, stating that the Barcelona sensation has everything needed to be one of the greatest players in history.

Speaking in an interview with AS, the Manchester City legend said: “He’s different to anyone else today. He is a very young footballer and yet he plays with tremendous confidence.”

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“Let’s hope he continues like this, because he has the qualities to be one of the best in history, although we know that maintaining that level is complicated. But he has enormous talent and qualities,” Silva added.

Coming from one of the greatest and classiest modern-day footballers from Spain, it will mean a lot for Yamal and just goes on to show the impact that the youngster has made at only 17 years old.

Only earlier today, former Real Madrid and Liverpool forward Fernando Morientes hailed Yamal as one of the best top-five footballers in the world currently.

Earlier in the month, another ex-Real Madrid man, Guti, had stated that the teenage sensation was among the top three in the world on present form.

Clearly, the sky is the limit for this La Masia jewel.