La Liga Rival Rates FC Barcelona Ace Lamine Higher Than Mbappe From ‘Weak’ Real Madrid

Villarreal midfielder Dani Parejo rated FC Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal higher than rival Kylian Mbappe, who has played for a ‘weak’ Real Madrid team this term, when appearing on Spanish radio program El Larguero.

Parejo has faced Lamine twice in 2024/2025, with their last showdown Sunday’s 3-2 win for the Yellow Submarine against a tired Barca outfit in Montjuic that before the weekend celebrated completing a domestic treble with fans in the streets on the Catalan capital.

Discussing the teenage Ballon d’Or candidate, Parejo says that Lamine “is a boy who is touched by the wand”.

“He seems to me to be a special boy who has something that others don’t have, which is to understand the game. It’s amazing that at 17 years old he understands it the way he does.”