Barcelona teenage whizkid could earn first-ever Spain call-up – report

Just two matches into the new season, Lamine Yamal is already making a big impact for FC Barcelona.

Having made an impactful cameo in the opening game against Getafe, the 16-year-old La Masia whizkid earned his first-ever senior start this past weekend against Cadiz and impressed again.

Yamal is already breaking records and achieving milestones and if reports are to be believed, the teenage wonderkid could very well be on his way to reaching another special landmark.

Lamine Yamal to be called up by Spain?

Indeed, Mundo Deportivo is now reporting that Lamine Yamal could be in line for a first-ever call-up to the Spain national team.

La Roja will be taking on Georgia and Cyprus in the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifiers next month and manager Luis de la Fuente is expected to make an announcement of the squad for the fixtures soon.

And, the report claims that Yamal could be poised for a surprise call-up to the senior national team squad despite being just 16 years old.

This comes on the back of the teenage prodigy’s recent exclusion from the squad list for the Spain Under-18 team, on which several other Barcelona youngsters featured.

While Yamal’s exclusion might be because the U-18 setup did not wish to hamper his breakthrough with Barcelona, there could be the possibility of him being called up by De la Fuente for the senior setup.

After all, Spain are eager to get Yamal to continue representing them at the international level, amidst reports claiming that Morocco are keen on luring him to play for them.

Yamal is expected to be a certainty for Spain’s U-17 team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in November later this year, and it will be interesting to see if he breaks into the senior setup of the national team before that.