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Lamine Yamal addresses 'pressure' of potentially inheriting Lionel Messi's iconic No.10 shirt at Barcelona with Ansu Fati expected to leave

<p>For now, the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-lamine-yamal-ahead-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-goats-nowhere-near-barcelona-wonderkid-level-17/bltcf1c91113b92f0d5" target="_blank">teenage wonderkid is starring with 19 on his back</a>. In many ways he has made that number his own after becoming a global superstar at just 17 years of age. There is already talk of him <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/gavi-lamine-yamal-ballon-d-or-ousmane-dembele-barcelona/blt30731cd4eaf80aab" target="_blank">challenging for the Ballon d’Or in 2025</a>.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>There is, however, something special about donning No.10 in Catalunya. Argentine icon <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/true-heir-lionel-messi-lamine-yamal-iconic-no-10-shirt-new-contract-barcelona-eur1bn-release-clause/bltf777126496eb963e" target="_blank">Messi once wore that jersey with distinction</a>, becoming a multiple Golden Ball winner and all-time great during his record-shattering spell at Camp Nou.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>It has been suggested that Yamal - who is considered to be the natural heir to his fellow La Masia graduate - could be handed a historic shirt this summer as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lamine-yamal-wants-lionel-messi-no-10-shirt/blt63245cbf68ec0548" target="_blank">Ansu Fati, who has filled that jersey since Messi departed</a> in 2021, moves on.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Yamal is not paying too much attention to that debate, having already had to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-explains-why-ignore-lionel-messi-comparisons/blt6610d860cf726526" target="_blank">contend with comparisons to Messi</a> since bursting onto the senior scene at 15, and told <a href="https://www.cope.es/programas/el-partidazo-de-cope/noticias/entrevista-lamine-yamal-partidazo-cope-02-20250602_3162219.html " target="_blank"><em>El Partidazo</em></a> of becoming Barca’s new No.10: “At the moment, Ansu has it. I wear number 19 and I really like it; it's brought me luck. Is there more pressure to play with number 10? When I go to shoot at goal, I'm not going to think about what number I'm wearing.”</p>

WHAT LAMINE YAMAL SAID

<p>Yamal made his bow for Barca wearing No.41. He swapped to 27 in the 2023-24 campaign, before eventually settling on 19 last summer. A third squad number change in as many years could be on the cards for a youngster that is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/eye-watering-details-lamine-yamal-blockbuster-new-barcelona-contract-revealed-top-earners/bltb6f70442d3d66cbd" target="_blank">poised to sign a lucrative new contract when turning 18</a> in July.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Lamine Yamal addresses 'pressure' of potentially inheriting Lionel Messi's iconic No.10 shirt at Barcelona with Ansu Fati expected to leave | Goal.com

Lamine Yamal has addressed the “pressure” of potentially inheriting Lionel Messi’s iconic No.10 shirt at Barcelona.

Lamine Yamal addresses &apos;pressure&apos; of potentially inheriting Lionel Messi&apos;s iconic No.10 shirt at Barcelona with Ansu Fati expected to leave