Too fast too young: Lamine Yamal and the shadow of Bojan Krkic

It requires energy to play football, and it requires energy for the body to grow. The danger is that it can be like burning a candle at both ends. It can burn out very quickly, physically and mentally

YOUNG GUNS: England midfielder Jude Bellingham and teenage Spanish Lamine Yamal go head to head on Sunday.

I GOT to contribute to an interesting discussion in the Norwegian media this week about Lamine Yamal, 16, who is already being labeled as a superstar.

“Jusqu’ici, tout va bien” – “Mais l’important, c’est pas la chute. C’est l’atterrissage” (“So far, so good”- “It’s not how you fall that matters. It’s how you land”).