BARCELONA star Lamine Yamal stunned fans by appearing on TV at SmackDown.
And the teen prodigy could not hide his excitement as he rubbed shoulders with WWE stars.
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The wrestling promotion was in Barcelona, Spain, for its European Tour, which will also include events in Belgium, Germany, Scotland, and London‘s O2 Arena.
On Friday night WWE welcomed special guests including Yamal to promote the tour.
Yamal, 17, was pictured alongside stars including Triple H, Randy Orton, and WWE champion Cody Rhodes.
Rhodes was kind enough to allow Yamal to hold his championship belt as they posed for a photo.
The Kopa Trophy winner was later seen in the crowd alongside Barca team-mates Alejandro Balde, 21, and Hector Fort, 18, enjoying the show at the Olympic Arena.
Fans were stunned to see him in attendance, with one writing on social media: “LAMINE YAMAL IN THE CROWD IN SPAIN!”
A second said: “Lamine Yamal in the crowd for Smackdown, that’s actually insane.”
A third added: “Bro became a WWE legend at 17yo.”
Another said: “Didn’t expect this collab man.”
Captioning his post on Instagram, Yamal said: “New WWE champion?”
Yamal’s performances this season have once again been nothing short of electric, with 12 goals and 17 assists in 37 games.
After meeting Yamal, Triple H, now the Chief Content Creator for WWE, said: “The future of @fcbarcelona is brighter than ever… enjoy the show.”
Inside the baffling, brilliant story of Lamine Yamal – from being bathed by Messi to doing homework while taking Euros by storm
LAMINE YAMAL has confirmed his status as football’s next superstar at Euro 2024 – but has only been playing 11-a-side games for four years, write Jack Rosser.
Spain’s incredible 16-year-old bent home the goal of the tournament so far against France as La Roja sealed the spot in the final.
But his first five years in Barcelona’s academy were spent playing seven-a-side football, up until the age of 12 in 2020 when he finally got a crack at 11-a-side games.
Yamal’s story is baffling, brilliant and barely believable in equal measure.
He is a boy born to a Moroccan father and a mother from Equatorial Guinea, who turned 17 the day before the Euros final, and was cradled by footballing royalty at just six months old.
Staggering pictures of Yamal as a baby being held and bathed by Messi, taken for a Barcelona charity calendar 16 years ago, resurfaced this week.
He did not restrict his brushes with greatness to Barcelona either, with footage of Yamal as an academy player walking as a mascot with Spain and Real Madrid icon Sergio Ramos at an El Clasico in 2016.
There is a touch of fate about this gem, Spain’s “little MVP”, as team-mate Nico Williams has dubbed him.
Yamal has been doing homework in his spare time and received exam results during the tournament. He passed, obviously.
Now he’s the youngest ever goalscorer at the Euros, also becoming the youngest player to ever start a major semi-final – claiming that title from Pele.
But it’s Yamal’s humble approach on and off the pitch that most impresses everyone he meets.
And France star Adrien Rabiot probably felt quite embarrassed as he boarded his plane back home from Germany.
He had tried to intimidate Yamal ahead of their semi-final clash – telling Yamal he “needs to do more.”
Was this good enough, then? Yamal responded with a goal for the ages and a man of the match performance.
A season which started with a pre-season game against Tottenham where Yamal excelled but was overshadowed by Oliver Skipp scoring a brace will end on the biggest stage European football has to offer on Sunday.
From being outshone by Skipp to eclipsing Pele’s records is not a bad year’s work – just imagine what he will do when he grows up.
Read all about the incredible rise of Lamine Yamal in full…
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