Overview

• Lamine Yamal publicly signaled the relationship on August 25 by sharing a romantic birthday story for Nicki Nicole on Instagram.
• In recent days, he altered his Instagram by removing his profile photo, leaving a black avatar, and keeping only “LY10” and “God bless me” in the bio, which triggered renewed speculation.
• Media reviews of his account note there were no permanent feed posts with the singer, making claims of deleted joint photos difficult to substantiate.
• Unverified social-media chatter has introduced a ‘third party’ narrative naming Real Madrid’s Franco Mastantuono, without evidence from the principals.
• In a TV interview, Yamal asked for attention to stay on his performances and thanked Spain coach Luis de la Fuente for publicly defending him.