Is Lamine Yamal’s Barcelona record better than Messi’s as a teenager?

A string of mazy runs down Barcelona’s right flank, two goal assists within three minutes, and a player of the match award cap off yet another impressive night in European football; Lamine Yamal continues to rack up remarkable statistics and mesmerising performances eight weeks into the club football season.While this isn’t Yamal’s breakthrough year by any means – the Spanish forward first burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old in the 2023-24 season – his consistency for both club and country in the past eight weeks has led to comparisons with some of the greatest prodigies of recent years.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Man City’s appeal over 114 charges to be heard by January, regulator sayslist 2 of 3Football regulator says he’ll resign if political interference in City caselist 3 of 3Man City captain Dias defends celebrations after Liverpool winend of listSince returning from the FIFA World Cup as a champion, Yamal has enjoyed scintillating form with the Catalan side.Across the eight match weeks in club football, the 19-year-old has scored eight goals and provided nine assists in his 10 matches in all competitions for Barcelona, bringing his total number of goal co...