Overview

• Lamine Yamal said on the Resonancia de Corazón podcast that he dreams of winning multiple Ballon d’Ors and would blame himself if he never wins one.
• He is widely viewed as a 2025 frontrunner alongside Ousmane Dembélé, with the winner to be announced in Paris on Sept. 22.
• BILD-linked accounts detail Bayern’s 2022 approach that included meetings with Iván de la Peña and a proposed €5 million package constrained by FIFA rules on minors.
• Multiple reports say the plan unraveled after super-agent Jorge Mendes took over Yamal’s representation, after which the winger stayed and broke through at Barcelona.
• Yamal’s case is built on a Euro 2024 title with Spain, Barcelona’s 2024–25 domestic treble and standout club production, as Kylian Mbappé’s terse TV remark about the race drew fresh attention.