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Comparing Yamal to legend Messi is crazy, says Barcelona's Olmo
Gulf Today
|January 28, 2026
BARCELONA: Barcelona midfielder Dani Olmo said on Tuesday it is "crazy" to compare teenage winger Lamine Yamal to club great Lionel Messi.
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Like Barca’s all-time top goalscorer Messi, Yamal came through the club’s feted La Masia youth academy and has often drawn comparisons to the Argentine forward, which he has tried to play down.
Yamal, 18, scored a brilliant acrobatic goal on Sunday as Barcelona beat Real Oviedo 3-0 to move top of La Liga.
"I think Lamine has his path and he knows it. Comparing any player playing now with Messi is crazy," Olmo told a news conference ahead of Barcelona's Champions League match against Copenhagen on Wednesday.
"Lamine is a 'spectacle', he is very young, what he's giving us now is incredible and in the future it will be a lot more."
This story is from the January 28, 2026 edition of Gulf Today.
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