A lot has been made from the tense state of affairs with Barcelona and the Spanish Soccer Federation, which reared up final month when Lamine Yamal returned from Spain obligation with a pubis harm. The Catalans claimed that these concerned within the nationwide group knew concerning the problem however determined to play him anyway, whereas this has been disputed from the other facet.
Lamine Yamal missed 4 matches with the harm earlier than making a comeback, however he has since suffered a relapse. As such, he has been dominated out of Spain obligation for this month’s worldwide break, whereas he’s additionally thought-about uncertain for El Clasico in lower than three weeks’ time.
Within the weeks after the preliminary incident with the 18-year-old, there was a public spat between Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick and Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente, however tensions are actually been defused by sporting director Deco, who spoke on state of affairs throughout an interview with Tot Costa (by way of MD).
“Lamine got here with an overloaded pubis, he tried to get better for the PSG sport, to have the ability to play at his finest degree, however issues haven’t gone so properly as he needed to play the 90 minutes with such depth. Submit-match, it was determined that he wouldn’t play in Seville as a result of he must make a particular plan. The report was despatched to the Federation. I don’t know if Lamine spoke with de la Fuente, he’s free to take action – de la Fuente additionally spoke with Gavi. Lamine was nonetheless in discomfort, he was not properly, we spoke internally on the membership and from there, the nationwide group was knowledgeable.
“I’m not within the day-to-day of the nationwide group to understand how they care for the gamers. We all know that they deal with the gamers properly, we speak to (director of soccer) Aitor Karanka and that’s how it’s. It’s regular that you just don’t like a state of affairs like this.”
Deco: “It’s a present for Barcelona to have Lamine Yamal”
Deco additionally reiterated that it is extremely essential for Barcelona to care for Lamine Yamal themselves, in addition to the remainder of their gamers.
“What we do is care for the gamers: Lamine, Raphinha, Casadó, Bernal – whoever, every participant has his world. All of us handle to have Lamine, however in case you are essential within the Barcelona world, you’re essential on this planet. You need to know tips on how to deal with it, however it’s way more on a private degree.
“It’s as much as us to assist the gamers on the pitch and off the pitch, from there, age is age. I’m 48, I’m not 18, however Lamine has proven a special maturity as a result of he’s a particular participant, however he’s nonetheless 18 years previous. For Barcelona and the world it’s a present to have Lamine, we have now to be pleased with this.”