Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the club will do their best to look after Lamine Yamal amid talk the teenager could be heading for burn-out.
Yamal had already racked up an incredible 130 senior
appearances by the time he celebrated his 18th birthday back in July, putting him miles ahead of numbers his team-mates Cubarsi (69), Gavi (60) and Pedri (49) reached at the same age.
The teenager is also now suffering with a groin injury, that has attracted plenty of headlines, but Laporta says Barcelona will take care of their superstar.
“Lamine is a genius. We have to wrap him up, give him the best advice, but he is already much more mature than a boy of his age because of what he has experienced,” he said via Sport.
“This fame may surpass him, but he takes it very well. He is 18 years old, he trains every day. He is disciplined with his pubalgia and with what he is told from the club, he follows everything in detail so that he improves.
“The way to treat him is to help him, he will make mistakes like everyone else, and perhaps more, because he is very young. He’s a kid who makes himself loved.”
Yamal is expected to return from injury shortly. He won’t play for Spain over the international break but could return against Girona.
