Barça: "Lamine Yamal is a chosen one," Xavi Hernandez raves | OneFootball

Barça: "Lamine Yamal is a chosen one," Xavi Hernandez raves

Legend, former player and ex-coach of FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernandez did not miss the chance to heap praise on Lamine Yamal during a recent appearance.

It's worth remembering: Xavi was the one who launched Lamine Yamal into the professional world while he was on the Barcelona bench. Just a few days ago, Xavi explained that the young FC Barcelona prodigy deserved to win the Ballon d'Or, and the former Barça coach has no worries about the 18-year-old forward. For him, Yamal is a "chosen one."

"Lamine Yamal is a chosen one, he could become one of the geniuses in football history, and it all depends on him—on his ambition, on his passion. Lamine Yamal has done exceptional things, things you only see from Neymar, Messi, players of that caliber. I saw he was ready and I wasn't afraid. He wasn't either—he had no fear, he can make the difference; what he's doing at his age is magnificent." Xavi revealed in an interview with Cronache di Spogliatoio.

He continued: “When he was 15 or 16 years old, he was already dribbling past professionals, and even during training, the coaching staff would often ask ourselves who the best player was, and practically every day, or almost every day, it was him.”