Hansi Flick was full of praise for Lamine Yamal and sees plenty of room for improvement as the teenager enjoys a great run of form for Barcelona.
The 18-year-old has scored in each of the last four games and has been Barça’s best player since the start of 2026, and Flick explained at a press conference on Friday the reasons why Lamine is capable of geting even better on a day-to-day basis.
“I hope he continues to improve little by little; also, for me, the important thing is that he trains like a champion,
he always listens, he’s very intelligent on and off the field; in fact, on the field he does things very well, giving his all in training; things turn out well. You have to give your best and if you train 100%, you can do it. You can see it in his performance, he’s scoring more goals and I think he has even more potential that he can show us in the coming years.”
There was a lot of noise around Yamal at the beginning of the season for reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with his play on the pitch, and his start to the campaign has actually been underrated given the fact he was still contributing well despite clearly dealing with an injury. But he’s clearly healthy now and is playing at a “best in the world at his position” level, and the sky truly is the limit given his maturity and work ethic.
