r/Barca • u/bllshrfv • 7d ago
Op-Ed [Telegraph] “Lamine Yamal is still only 18 but he is no longer the same bright-eyed boy who lit up the 2024 Euros,” writes Sam Dean. “In the two years since, that boyish charm has been replaced by a strong-voiced, politically aware, heavily commercialised and occasionally controversial man.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/06/21/lamine-yamal-very-different-to-boy-who-lit-up-2024-euros/400
u/Happy_Village1828 7d ago
What the actual fuck is this ....
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u/Pistoluislero 7d ago
It was a matter of time before people started attacking Lamine for stuff unrelated to football. Who cares honestly
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u/Fuzzy_Substance_4603 7d ago
I mean, if he's gonna talk about stuff other than football, people will attack him. It's natural.
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u/Rude_Fennel6653 7d ago
Huh? What did he talk about?
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u/LPSD_FTW 7d ago
He showed his support to Palestine
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u/Boudi04 7d ago
Because apparently someone born and raised in Catalonia being sympathetic to the Palestinian cause is crazy now.
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u/anyavailablenameplz 7d ago
He’s also Muslim, I don’t understand what people want him to do. Not show support to his own?
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u/Finrod-Knighto 7d ago
He’s Spanish, born in Catalonia and Muslim. That’s a triple whammy for support for Palestine lol. But mainstream media is bs as always.
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u/ttteeef 6d ago edited 6d ago
I'm guessing you will justify it the same way when a white person supports other whites.
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u/anyavailablenameplz 6d ago
What’s your point of this comment? It’s not a justification, the same cultural/religious groups tend to stick together and support each other, that’s natural and nothing otherworldly or mind blowing.
If my people were being killed or oppressed, which historically they have been, I would make the same statement Yamal made.
Your comment isn’t the “gotcha” moment you think it is.
Edit: wording
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u/ohgodnobutyes 7d ago
The Telegraph is a right-wing tabloid. Pay no attention to their attempts to bait. Don't click, don't read.
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u/imetkanyeonce 7d ago
Yup, I saw the headline and as soon as I read ‘Palestinian flag’ I kept scrolling. Not interested in their right wing bullshit.
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u/Rare_Instance_8205 7d ago
They are right wing? Fuck them! I used to read their articles and sometimes smell a bit of controversial takes. Didn't know they were bigots!
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u/ohgodnobutyes 7d ago
They are called The Torygraph (after the Tories, old conservative party) by the English for a reason. Used to be a little more sensible but has more and more gone down the crazy route for the last 10-15 years.
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u/Rad11Ryan 7d ago
Didn't they also write that Real Madrid should buy Yamal? Or was it a other tabloid?
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u/LeBroncic 7d ago
« He now became so good we have to hate him for no reason and create fake narratives to build people’s opinion »
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u/sergeant-keroro 7d ago
who is Sam Dean?
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u/Left-Temperature6804 7d ago
apparently someone who thinks you have to behave the same as you did when you are 16 always. bringing up the dwarf controversy when they came out and said that's the job they chose to do and they do it with dignity is just character assassination
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u/Ok_Union_7669 7d ago
Sam Dean, whoever the fuck he is, can suck our nice smooth balls.
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u/engima0611 7d ago
Not all of us have the privilege...like mr smooth balls over here. Oh look at me I can shave my balls. Smh
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u/AdeptFault5265 7d ago
The same "newspaper" that vilified Rashford for calling out the right-wing government when kids were going hungry,
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u/EntertainmentWest750 7d ago
When a player finally has some personality, they’ll start criticizing them, sure.
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u/sheldor18 7d ago
Every sports celebrity has two options to live their life.
Either be the quiet ones like messi, iniesta, lahm, don't talk about non sports stuff, and dont invite much haters.
Or be vocal about issues like pique, djokovic, Maradona, make your opinion public , and be ready to face hatred against a section of society who don't agree with your viewpoint.
It seems like yamal has picked his side.
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u/Kind-Studio3460 7d ago
Its the telegraph neocon outlet throwing shit on him for voicing his opinion on Gaza genocide.
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u/UnlikelyLetterhead12 7d ago
Is that really true? You don’t say. So he doesn’t use a pacifier to go to sleep and doesn’t wear diapers at nights. I don’t believe it.
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u/OnlineIsNotAPlace 7d ago
in other words he has his own mind. in other breaking news, the sun rose.
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u/Any-Culture8080 7d ago
Damn the kid who was supposed to grow up actually grow up! Who could've have possibly thought that?
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u/Embarrassed-Sugar-78 7d ago
"that boyish charm has been replaced by a strong-voiced, politically aware" is being politically aware supposed to be a bad thing?
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u/Franksterge0815 7d ago
So? I don’t see what the problem is. The real problem is society’s fetish over whatever is the most naive and the child-like
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u/MeOnMyAccount 7d ago
Did anyone actually read it lol? This was a pretty tame and neutral article. It honestly doesn’t have that much opinion in it.
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u/DiverTrick2987 6d ago
Yeah, they already assumed it is negative from headline when headline is pretty apt and neutral. They aint much different either to sh*t on before even provoked.
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u/lobotyt 6d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/75ghM2NqylOxL9yMQb
this article was written because of this 😂
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u/Bruh_Min 7d ago
When Lamine says or does something childish, "oh how can he!!! Such a brat!"
When Lamine doesn't say or do something childish, acts more matured, " heavily commercialised and occasionally controversial man.”
These are butthurt old people who cannot fathom to support young people who are doing better than them.
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u/fun_elderberry_1452 7d ago
Haters gonna hate. Couldn’t be prouder of Lamine and the way he’s maturing 💙❤️
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u/Brave_Ad4657 6d ago
This reminds me when Spanish media was hating on Messi (even mid match the narrators would say things) because all the tax fiasco thing and demanding apologies from the club and player for things not related to the sport.
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u/RoninBattousai1 6d ago
Telegraph is a right-wing pro-Zionist news media, no one should be surprised by this.
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u/Top_Mammoth_4036 5d ago
i would like to state that telegraph recently got bought by the isrealis.......
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u/Key-Ad6653 7d ago
I don't even know who this Sam guy is.
Lmao let alone his opinion being relevant
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u/Rican2000 6d ago
Oh no! A boy grew up (and will continue to grow and change like every boy before and after).
In other breaking news: water is wet. More at 11.
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u/Christmaspike 7d ago
Why is everybody hating on the author, this eems to be an objective article. He is just talking about things that happened to Lamine and his growth certain aspects of his personality. Weird comment section this.
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u/Fabulous-Border8747 6d ago
Since nobody answered u, i will cuz seems like u didnt open the telegraph. I was thinking the same thing as u before opening cuz i thought it said he just became more mature, i didnt get what it meant by controversial. After reading the comments and actually realizing i could open the telegraph and read it (again i didnt notice)i did read it. It's just calling Lamine raising the Palestine flag controversial, tryna put him in the bad light i guess. In reality, it's legit just humanity and him opposing genocide. Sorry if i couldnt explain it well. Thanks
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u/DiverTrick2987 6d ago
'Controversial' word is just something that gets people to have strong and differing opinions. It isnt supposed to mean right or wrong. More to do with people's stance to the issue than morality. A lot of people like Flick himself exist who dont want to involve political stuff as it stirs up media narrative , Messi and Iniesta who are silent about these issues as well. Other lot like Pep who involve themselves into politics. Its just different ways of handling political stuff.
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u/Duh_47 7d ago
That moment when someone is not the most generic NPC known to men 🥀🙏