Asked about Lamine Yamal in the aftermath of the teenager’s scintillating display against Inter, his Barcelona coach Hansi Flick called the winger a “genius”. Others went further, suggesting he is Barcelona’s best player,

“How old is Lamine Yamal? 17. He won the Euro. He is special — he’s not someone to compare with others because he’s something extraordinary, almost inhuman,” he told Tuttosport. “If we compare him to all the other kids, we just end up making things harder for them. He’s a special player, and there are very few like him.”