Overview

• FC Barcelona said Lamine Yamal has pubic-bone problems that keep him out of training and unavailable for the Valencia match.
• Boris Becker told talkSPORT that Yamal’s rapid rise sets off alarm bells and urged him to choose the right friends, trust family and build a safety net.
• Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, denounced the Ballon d’Or result in a call to El Chiringuito, calling it a major moral injustice and insisting his son is the best player.
• This season’s honors include Yamal finishing runner-up to Ousmane Dembélé for the Ballon d’Or and winning a second consecutive Kopa Trophy.
• Reports about Yamal’s 18th-birthday party and his private life continue to draw attention, which he has publicly rejected as false or misleading.