FC Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal’s brace in a 5-0 win over Valencia has helped him surpass the total La Liga goal tally of a Real Madrid star. Yamal has firmly established himself as a superstar in world football over the last four years,

Former Real Madrid winger Steve McManaman reckons Barcelona attacker Lamine Yamal is better than how Barca legend Lionel Messi and Michael Owen were at the same age.

“I wanted it to feel authentic, not just put my name on something,” the Spanish football phenom tells GQ.

The teenager has now broken a goalscoring barrier previously reached by some of the biggest young stars in European soccer, leaving Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland behind while also surpassing Messi’s early Barcelona record.

After an underwhelming World Cup, Yamal has inspired criticism for his start to the new La Liga season.