Lamine Yamal makes bold Barcelona Champions League claim ahead of new season | OneFootball

Since his arrival at FC Barcelona two years ago, Hansi Flick has led the Blaugrana team to two La Liga titles, two Spanish Super Cups, and a Copa del Rey. Thus, the Catalans have completely dominated the domestic competitions in Spain.

However, European glory has continued to elude them. Several individuals associated with Barcelona have already publicly stated that winning the UEFA Champions League would be one of the highest-priority targets for the club this season, and it is clear that Flick will be keen to add this trophy to his list of achievements at the Catalan club as well.

One of the biggest stars in the Blaugrana team, Lamine Yamal, has now opened up about this obsession with winning the UCL this season. The Spaniard appeared in an interview with former Real Madrid manager and official Jorge Valdano, and although the complete interview has not been aired yet, Mundo Deportivo notes that he appears to comment on this aspect in one of the published trailers for the interview.

Overall, the winger believed it was a good thing to be obsessed with winning the biggest trophy in Europe:

“I see it as something positive. It makes me happy that people come into the dressing room thinking that we can win it… I think the problem would be if someone came out and said that we are definitely going to win it, because you can never know that.”

“Being obsessed with winning the Champions League is good. In the end, we are Barça, and Barça have had periods of being the best team in history and have won Champions Leagues. We have the team to achieve it, and it would be very cowardly of us not to think that we are going for the Champions League this year.”

Meanwhile, Yamal also assured that the league title also remains one of the objectives for his team:

“In fact, we are going for La Liga. We can win La Liga and the Champions League; we have to be a team and stay together during those 20 bad minutes.”

As Lamine Yamal commented, there is no doubt that Barcelona have the team to win the UCL this season. With the coach and the players all keen to win this competition, the Blaugranes would remain one of the favorites. However, star players like Yamal would have to remain at their best throughout the season to ensure they achieve this dream.