{"id":232580,"date":"2025-07-17T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/yamal-to-wear-iconic-barcelona-number-10-shirt\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:16:52","slug":"yamal-to-wear-iconic-barcelona-number-10-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/yamal-to-wear-iconic-barcelona-number-10-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamal To Wear Iconic Barcelona Number 10 Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yamal To Wear Iconic Barcelona Number 10 Shirt<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young Barcelona star Lamine Yamal inherited the club\u2019s number 10 shirt, previously worn by all-time great Lionel Messi, on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMessi made his path and I will make mine,\u201d Yamal told reporters at an event at the club shop at the Spotify Camp Nou stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will work as hard as I can, give everything, and try to make those Barca fans who are there happy and those who are at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old winger, often compared to the Argentine superstar who also came through the club\u2019s La Masia youth academy, helped the Catalan giants win a domestic treble last season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_943309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-943309\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-943309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250716__66Y44W2__v1__MidRes__FblEspLigaBarcelonaPresser-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250716__66Y44W2__v1__MidRes__FblEspLigaBarcelonaPresser-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250716__66Y44W2__v1__MidRes__FblEspLigaBarcelonaPresser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250716__66Y44W2__v1__MidRes__FblEspLigaBarcelonaPresser-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AFP__20250716__66Y44W2__v1__MidRes__FblEspLigaBarcelonaPresser.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-943309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A picture taken on July 16, 2025, shows Barcelona\u2019s Spanish forward Lamine Yamal\u2019s new #10 jersey displayed at the Camp Nou stadium\u2019s shop in Barcelona. (Photo by MANAURE QUINTERO \/ AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He signed a new contract with Barcelona until 2031 in May, becoming one of the best-paid players at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to enjoy myself more than last year and make my dreams come true,\u201d continued Yamal, who said he wanted to win the Champions League with the Catalan giants, and also the World Cup with Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Yamal has scored 25 goals for the club in over 100 appearances, making his debut in 2023 at the age of 15, wearing the number 41 shirt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarca is my life, I\u2019ve been here since I was seven, for all kids from La Masia, their dream is to make it to the first team, and I\u2019m doing it and I have to keep working,\u201d said Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was little, I dreamed of being at Barca and having this number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a season wearing the 27, last summer Yamal followed in Messi\u2019s footsteps by taking the number 19, which the Argentine wore at the club between 2005 and 2008.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_536863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536863\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-536863\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Barcelona's Spanish forward Ansu Fati (L) vies with Dynamo Kiev's Ukrainian forward Viktor Tsyhankov during the <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/uefa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA <\/a>Champions League group G football match between Barcelona and Dynamo Kiev at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, on November 4, 2020. LLUIS GENE \/ AFP&#8221; width=&#8221;650&#8243; height=&#8221;350&#8243; data-lazy-srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fed-high-Court-2.png 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fed-high-Court-2-300&#215;162.png 300w&#8221; data-lazy-sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px&#8221; data-lazy-src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fed-high-Court-2.png&#8221;\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-536863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fed-high-Court-2.png\" alt=\"Barcelona's Spanish forward Ansu Fati (L) vies with Dynamo Kiev's Ukrainian forward Viktor Tsyhankov during the <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/uefa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA <\/a>Champions League group G football match between Barcelona and Dynamo Kiev at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, on November 4, 2020. LLUIS GENE \/ AFP&#8221; width=&#8221;650&#8243; height=&#8221;350&#8243; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fed-high-Court-2.png 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fed-high-Court-2-300&#215;162.png 300w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px&#8221;\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barcelona\u2019s Spanish forward Ansu Fati (L) vies with Dynamo Kiev\u2019s Ukrainian forward Viktor Tsyhankov during the <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/uefa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UEFA <\/a>Champions League group G football match between Barcelona and Dynamo Kiev at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, on November 4, 2020. LLUIS GENE \/ AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ansu Fati inherited Messi\u2019s number 10 shirt in 2021, when now Inter Miami player left Barca for Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p>Beset by a series of injuries, Fati was unable to fulfill his potential at Barca and signed on loan for Monaco earlier in July.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_506925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-506925\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-506925\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"messi-\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/messi-.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/messi--300x162.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/messi-.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-506925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/messi-.jpg\" alt=\"messi-\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/messi-.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/messi--300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-506925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Ex-Barcelona forward Lionel Messi looks downwards during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on July 16, 2020. LLUIS GENE \/ AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other star names, including Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho, and Rivaldo, have worn the Barcelona number 10 shirt in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Messi, Maradona, Ronaldinho) are three legends of football, three legends of this club,\u201d said Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful for what they gave the club, and I will try to continue this legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yamal made headlines after celebrating his 18th birthday last weekend with a private event involving hired entertainers with dwarfism.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s Ministry of Social Rights asked the public prosecutor to investigate the party after a complaint from the Association for People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias (ADEE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, I work for Barca, I play for Barca, but when I\u2019m away from (the club) I enjoy my life, and that\u2019s all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Barcelona,Lamine Yamal<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/07\/16\/yamal-to-wear-iconic-barcelona-number-10-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yamal To Wear Iconic Barcelona Number 10 Shirt \u00a0 Young Barcelona star Lamine Yamal inherited the club\u2019s number 10 shirt, previously worn by all-time great Lionel Messi, on Wednesday. \u201cMessi made his path and I will make mine,\u201d Yamal told reporters at an event at the club shop at the Spotify Camp Nou stadium. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[561,563],"class_list":["post-232580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-barcelona","tag-lamine-yamal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}