FC Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal called a potential transfer to bitter rival Real Madrid … [+]
FC Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal called a potential transfer to bitter rival Real Madrid “impossible” and discussed racist abuse he received at the Bernabeu with Mundo Deportivo.
Not long after the teenager’s rise to the Barca first team, it was reported by outlets such as AS that Lamine could one day do a Luis Figo and switch allegiances to Los Blancos because his father is, or was, a diehard Madridista.
Asked what would happen if Madrid made him an offer, Lamine answered bluntly: “Impossible. Madrid, no.”
Lamine was then reminded about racist abuse he and teammate Alejandro Balde received in the Bernabeu, after the winger netted a fantastic goal in a 0-4 El Clasico thrashing then pointed to the name on the back of his shirt in Madrid fans’ direction.
“When you’re winning 0-3 or 0-4 they can tell you anything, in the end they can’t do anything. They are watching you play, they are watching you beat them in their stadium,” Lamine said.
“They are seeing how they can’t get to the ball and it’s the only thing they have left. So, as Balde said, let them call me black or whatever… I am and it doesn’t bother me. We are proud.
“And in the end, when they are winning, they don’t shout anything at you. That’s when they lose. And that’s it. Obviously it’s wrong, it’s not to be defended. There is no room for this in soccer. They have to get out of the stadium. But well, the Federation already knows it, everyone has seen it, and they have to take the necessary measures.
Before that thunderous strike with his supposedly weaker right foot, Lamine previously scored in the same ground but the goal was disallowed.
On whether the ball entered the net that time, Lamine said: “For me it was a goal and very clear. When the goalkeeper of the other team tells you that he doesn’t know… it’s just that it’s a goal, he doesn’t tell you ‘no’. But it’s nothing, these are things that happen. Thanks to God, I was able to score there this season and I’ve already gotten rid of the thorn.”
