"I was in the youth team when I was 12. It was a tough time, the first time I had left home, but Barcelona is a great city, Barça is a huge club, and they treated my family very well. I remember it as a difficult time because being separated from your family at such a young age is never easy, but it made me improve and grow, both as a soccer player and as a person."
"Lamine Yamal is a great player and great things are happening around him. He's going to have to live with that for a long time. I think we have to help him because he's part of our football heritage, an important part of our national team, and he's also very young. He has done great things for his age. We all have to help him so that he can continue to grow and show what kind of footballer he is."
Rafa Mir, a 28-year-old forward on loan at Elche from Sevilla, recalls joining La Masia at 12 and describes the separation from family as difficult but formative. Mir credits the Barcelona environment with improving him technically and personally and emphasizes the pressures young academy players face. Mir highlights Lamine Yamal as an exceptional young talent who already contributes to the national team and draws significant attention. Mir urges collective support and protection for Yamal, stressing that the teenager must be helped to continue growing and to demonstrate his full potential as a footballer.
Read at Barca Universal
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