Thiago Messi has just expressed his dream of playing with the 16-year-old young talent of the Spanish team, striker Lamine Yamal, who is attending EURO 2024 and has just set a record as the youngest player to play in the tournament’s history. fight.

Lionel Messi’s son – Thiago Messi – has expressed his desire to play with 16-year-old young talent Lamine Yamal of the Spanish team – who just set a record of becoming the youngest player to play at a EURO finals .

Born in November 2012, Thiago Messi grew up and witnessed his father win many illustrious titles in his playing career, including 5 La Liga championships with Barcelona, ​​5 Golden Balls and most recently, the Golden Ball title. Win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Currently, Thiago is pursuing the path of becoming a professional player when playing for the U12 youth team of Inter Miami Club – where his father joined last summer.

Thiago lived in Barcelona for a long time when Messi was still playing here. Photo: Getty Images.

In a recent interview with José Ramón de la Morena, the 12-year-old boy shared his future dream of becoming a professional soccer player.

“Playing football makes me more nervous than watching my dad play. I’m not good at kicking with my left foot,” Thiago admitted, a difference compared to his father’s perfect skill set.

 

Despite losing to the Barcelona youth team at the LaLiga FC Futures tournament, Thiago still wishes to return to the Catalan club – where his father spent 17 years of his career. And if he is lucky enough to play for Barca, there is a current player that Thiago would love to play with.

“One day if I still pursue a football career, I want to play with Lamine Yamal,” Thiago confided.

Messi’s son confessed that he wants to play with Lamine Yamal when he grows up. Photo: ESPN.

Lamine Yamal is a young talent from Barcelona’s prestigious La Masia training facility. Lionel Messi himself once predicted about Yamal, saying that in the future the 16-year-old striker would become an outstanding talent in world football and win the Golden Ball.

In the 2023-2024 season, Yamal was officially promoted to the Barcelona first team with 50 appearances, scoring 7 goals and 10 assists. This impressive achievement helped him be included in the list of 26 players of Spain for EURO 2024.

At the age of 16 years and 337 days, Yamal became the youngest player in history to play at a EURO finals, while the oldest player is Pepe of Portugal at 41 years and 109 days.

In fact, Thiago Messi’s wish can completely come true in the future, when he and Yamal are only 5 years apart. If they both pursue successful football careers at Barcelona, ​​there’s nothing stopping them from working side by side on the field.