Lamine Yamal signs extension with FC Barcelona, will use iconic No. 10 used by Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho

Barcelona have announced that Spanish star Lamine Yamal has signed a new deal with the club that runs until the summer of 2031 and the 18-year-old also wears the iconic number 10 from the 2025-26 season, with the same jersey number as Ronaldinho And Lionel Messi.

The club officially announced the New Jersey number and a contract a few days after Yamal became 18. The deal was agreed, but could only be signed after his 18th birthday.

“Lamine Yamal is wearing the coveted no. 10 sweater for FC Barcelona next season. On the day he signed his extensive contract until 2031, the player who recently turned 18, the shirt with President Joan Laporta’s famous song received the club.

According to several reports, Lamine Yamal signed a six -year -old deal with a basic salary of € 15 million per season, possibly increasing to € 20 million with performance -related bonuses.

Barcelona wrote in their statement that “this is the last step in the rise of the La Masia Starlet to the top. By absorbing some of such a symbolic weight in world football, and nowhere less than at Barca, Lamine again shows that the responsibility is not paze. Ansu Free moved to axis Monaco Prior to another exciting season in which Barça defends their domestic treble from Liga, Copa and Supercopa titles “.

What he has achieved so far

Yamal debuted in April 2023 and he has already made 115 performances for the team. Moreover, he scored 25 goals and gave 34 assists to his teammates in the first two years in the club, in which he won two La Ligas, a Copa del Rey, a Spanish super cup and one UEFA -Euro with the Spanish national team. More than the trophies and the figures that are excellent in themselves, he immediately became an important player Xavi First and then under Hansi film in Barcelona, his team drives to success with a number of incredible performances. At the age of 18 it does not feel like we are far away from his balloon d’Or winning days.