Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent makes daring Lamine Yamal assertion
Barcelona celebrity Lamine Yamal has been tipped to grow to be pretty much as good as Cristiano Ronaldo sooner or later by the person who represents each of them: tremendous agent Jorge Mendes.
Yamal is already higher than Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi, was on the similar age. The winger solely celebrated his seventeenth birthday in July, on the eve of serving to Spain win Euro 2024. By then, he’d already had a full season of being Barcelona‘s finest participant underneath his belt too.
At 17, each Ronaldo and Messi debuted in skilled soccer, however it was three or 4 extra years earlier than both may lay declare to being one of the best at their respective golf equipment.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best in historical past, he’s distinctive. He was, he’s and he’ll proceed to be. If there’s somebody now who could be like him, that will be Lamine Yamal, however sooner or later,” Mendes instructed Marca this week.
“He’s the one with probably the most expertise and the one with probably the most potentialities of doing issues nicely. He can win a number of Ballons d’Or.”
Mendes implied that Ronaldo, who is thought for his dedication to soccer – as soon as telling a packed World Cup press convention to drink water as an alternative of the sponsor cola drink – is the instance Yamal must observe if he desires to fulfil his pure expertise to its most potential.
“Cristiano is one of the best. I’ve all the time thought so. He’s an instance, in coaching, in vitamin, work on the sphere and off the sphere. He’s an instance to elucidate what ought to be finished,” Mendes defined.
“Soccer is not only about coming and scoring objectives. There are a lot of issues behind it. The agent needs to be there and assist the participant succeed.”
