FC Barcelona’s young star Lamine Yamal commented on Lionel Messi in an Adidas video. The 17-year-old Spaniard, who recently won the Kopa Trophy and the Golden Boy Award in 2024, is seen by many as Messi’s successor.

Here’s what Lamine Yamal said about Lionel Messi:

“I really admire Messi’s personality, the type of personality that always strives to win. He has won a lot of titles and Ballon d’Or awards, but he always wants more.

“Even when he didn’t win the World Cup, he never stopped trying. That’s something I admire a lot, and it’s very difficult. When you win a title, it’s easy to relax a little, but he never did that.

“And certainly now, he still has the desire to win more titles and more World Cups. That’s what I like most about him.”

Paulo Dybala has joined Gabriel Batistuta and Hernán Crespo on the list of all time Argentine goal scorers in Serie A.

Dybala has overtaken Gonzalo Higuaín on Serie A goals to move in to third all time in the league for an Argentine players, scoring 127 goals. Dybala scored 16 goals for Palermo, 82 for Juventus and 29 for AS Roma.

He is on 127 goals, behind Hernán Crespo who is on 153 goals and behind Gabriel Batistuta who scored 183 goals. Gabriel Batistuta scored 151 goals for Fiorentina and is their all time leading goal scorer and also scored 30 goals for AS Roma ad had two goals for Inter.

Hernán Crespo scored 72 goals for Parma, 39 for Lazio, 27 for Inter, 10 for Milan and five for Genoa.