Lamine Yamal to get Lionel Messi treatment at Barcelona
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World Soccer Talk on MSNLamine Yamal could demand a multimillionaire contract to renew with BarcelonaLamine Yamal is close to signing a massive new deal with FC Barcelona. According to reports, the 17-year-old will earn €30 million gross per season, with an annual €10 million renewal bonus. His net salary would be around €20 million.
It's still incredibly unlikely that we ever see another soccer player as good as Messi was, but if you watch 17-year-old Lamine Yamal play with Barcelona enough times, it's really hard not to wonder if it might be happening again. • Watch El Clasico live ...
Panaji: Kobe Bryant once told a story about Ronaldinho introducing him to Lionel Messi, a player he said would emerge as the greatest of all time. Messi was just 17 at the time and more than lived up to the expectation in a career that threw up countless moments of magic.