Key Takeaways
- Lamine Yamal has a left hamstring injury and will not play again for Barcelona this season.
- Club doctors say the 18-year-old should recover in time for Spain’s World Cup campaign.
- Yamal has scored 22 goals in 38 matches for Barça in 2024-25, his most prolific season yet.
Barcelona’s rising star Lamine Yamal will watch the final six LaLiga games from the stands after scans showed damage to his left hamstring.
The Spaniard hurt himself while converting a penalty in Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over Celta Vigo. He limped off the pitch straight after the spot-kick and did not return.
On Thursday the club released a short medical bulletin: “Conservative treatment will be used. The player is expected to resume full training before the World Cup.”
Coach Hansi Flick must now protect a nine-point lead over Real Madrid without his most dangerous attacker. Yamal has contributed 16 goals and 11 assists in the league and another six goals in the Champions League.
Spain fans, however, breathed a sigh of relief. National coach Luis de la Fuente hopes to have the Euro 2024 young player of the tournament ready for the global showpiece that kicks off on 11 June.
