Lamine Yamal will switch to the No. 10 jersey at Barcelona, the same number Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi wore for the Catalan club.

As per a report in El Nacional, Yamal was excited about sharing the dressing room with Williams at the club, and is now left dejected. The teenager was assured that Barca were going to activate the €58 million release clause for Williams, but they failed to do so.

Lamine Yamal will attempt to put recent off-field controversies behind him this afternoon when Barcelona hold a second event to mark the teenager signing a new contract. Yamal penned the deal in May that ties him to the Spanish champions until 2031 but did so without either his grandmother Fatima or brother Keyne in attendance.

Barcelona's electric 18-year-old winger Lamine Yamal has been handed the famous number 10 shirt previously worn by club icon Lionel Messi, capping a remarkable breakthrough season for the teenager.

Lamine Yamal has signed a new contract with Barcelona. After a sensational sophomore season where the Catalan winger established himself as one of the very best players in the world, Lamine Yamal ...

Yamal celebrated turning 18 at a private party at a residence in Olivella, a small town 50 kilometres north west of Barcelona.