Ansu repeats Messi’s gesture with Lamine Yamal

The Barcelona striker published a message on his social networks to congratulate the youngster on his historic debut

Leo Messi did the same in 2019 when Ansu made his debut with the first team and scored his first goal as a Barça player

Ansu Fati wants to follow the best example of the best and already works as a reference figure for youngsters who climb the ranks to reach the first team. In the league duel against Betis, Lamine Yamal surpassed Ansu as the youngest rookie in the history of FC Barcelona with 15 years and 290 days. Far from feeling intimidated, the ’10’ acted as a ‘father’ with the young talent.

The next morning, Ansu has published a message through his Instagram account in which a photo of both of them shaking hands appears. “Congratulations little brother, keep working hard”, wrote the footballer. A welcome in style. Four years after his presentation to the public at the Camp Nou, Ansu has wanted to follow the example of Leo Messi to be the one who receives the young people who come up.

And it is that in 2019, when at that time Ansu made his debut on August 25 at home against Real Betis, coincidence, captain Leo Messi uploaded a photo with him that made the Barca fans fall in love. “Great game from everyone, first 3 points in LaLiga and very happy to see the home boys fulfilling their dreams of reaching the first team and scoring at the Camp Nou in an official match”said the message of the Argentine star.

At that time, Ansu was the great ‘signaled’ of the Barcelona fans as the successor of Leo Messi to succeed in the coming years. The explosion of the footballer of Guinean origin was meteoric, with a start never seen before in his first steps in the elite. Almost four years later his situation is quite different, although he eventually ended up inheriting Messi’s ’10’. Leo was not mistaken when he prepared to hand over the witness.

After Ansu’s first steps, now it is the turn of a Lamine Yamal who already showed some details of his quality in the minutes that Xavi gave him with the game already decided. He is still 15 years old and you should be patient with a footballer who needs time to mature and settle in the first team. Just in case, the club is already working on renewing him to offer him his first professional contract.