2026 Ballon d’Or: Lamine Yamal Names Best Two Players in the World - NewsTmes.com.ng
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Lamine Yamal has made a statement that has been interpreted as a dig at Harry Kane in the Ballon d'Or race, saying that the award should go to the best player in the world and not necessarily the top scorer. Kane is one of the leading candidates for the award after an extraordinary season with Bayern Munich, where he scored 73 goals for club and country during the 2025/26 season. Yamal, who is also in the running for the Ballon d'Or, has made it…
Lamine claims the Ballon d'Or and reflects on racism in football in an interview with 'Universo Valdano'.
2026 Ballon d’Or: Lamine Yamal names best two players in the world - NewsTmes.com.ng
Barcelona winger, Lamine Yamal, has claimed that himself and Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé are the best players in the world. Speaking with Movistar, Yamal insisted that England winning the 2026 World Cup wouldn’t have changed that fact. He said: “Even if England had won the World Cup, I’d still say that Mbappé and I are … The post 2026 Ballon d’Or: Lamine Yamal names best two players in the world appeared first on NewsTmes.com.ng.
Barcelona star Lamine Jamal gave an interview to the show "Universo Valdano" on the Spanish television "Movistar Plus", from which only certain excerpts have been released so far. In it, the great talent of the Catalans again talks about the "Golden Ball" and again hints that he considers himself the most deserving of the award.
Lamine Yamal (19 years old) said that the Golden Ball should not be automatically won by someone who scored 80 goals, referring to Harry Kane (32 years old). Bayern Munchen's attacker scored 73 goals in the previous season in all competitions and is the main favourite in winning the great [...]
The Golden Ball should not be solved with a calculator. That is the idea that Lamine Yamal defends in his interview with ‘Universo Valdano’, from Movistar Plus+, and that contrasts with one of the main arguments of Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane to aspire to the award: their goals. Not to mention expressly neither of them in that passage, Barça’s striker questions that the scorers are enough to identify the best footballer in the world. “I believe…
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