Lamine Yamal is undoubtedly the revelation of Barcelona this season and he has done everything for himself with exceptional performances.
But Barcelona's rising star Lamine Yamal has found himself at the center of a heated controversy.
Recent discussions online have questioned the 16-year-old winger's age, suggesting he may actually be closer to 20 years old.
This debate was sparked by a single newspaper article, purportedly from 2015, which claims Yamal was already 10 years old at the time, challenging his reported birth year of 2007.
"Lamine Yamal lied about his age! Old newspaper confirms he was 10 years old in 2015, which means he will turn 19 this year and not 17. Barcelona have committed age fraud!" tweeted a user called La Liga Frauds.
In the eyes of those fueling the speculation, the photo of the youngster wearing Barca's 15/16 season shirt serves as irrefutable proof that the player is indeed older than 16 years old.
In fact, this was just an old photo from years past used in the article discovered in a digital archive, which clearly dates back to 2017, not 2015 as initially claimed, invalidating the entire premise of Yamal's alleged age 'hoax'.
However, it remains to be seen if these facts are true and if La Liga will react to this. /Telegraph/
