Former Real Madrid star cautions against placing the weight of Spain…

Former Real Madrid star cautions against placing the weight of Spain…

In a latest interplay with SPORT, Fernando Morientes, the former Real Madrid striker, has shared his ideas on Lamine Yamal and the strain surrounding the Barça pearl.

With the World Cup just round the nook, Morientes was requested about Yamal’s prospects and whether or not or not La Roja ought to solely depend on him to ship the items.

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Morientes on Yamal’s Spain prospects

While Morientes is optimistic, he warned that the panorama of worldwide soccer can shift quickly because of the bodily toll on key gamers, and that applies to Yamal as properly.

“It’s too early to say, it’s January, and it’s happened to me many times; things change a lot in four or five months. Especially because there are several knocked,” he said.

“Nico Williams, half a year ago, seemed to me the most relevant player in the world on the left wing, along with Vini, surely. But suddenly, you have a player at Villarreal – Moleiro – who is at an extraordinary level,” he added.

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Talking about Yamal, Morientes said he’s optimistic about his stature in the team while stating that Spain are going to have a very good World Cup.

“On the other side, you have Lamine Yamal, who also has physical problems, and we’ll see how he copes. Now, suddenly, Pedri is injured, who has been injured for one or two months,” he said.

“So, if you ask me if I see the national team at its best level, I see it, but not because I am Spanish, but because I travel a lot and I see that Spain is at an extraordinary level.

Lamine Yamal will play a crucial role for Spain in the upcoming World Cup. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

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“In addition, everyone would like to have experienced young players who are on everyone’s lips and who make it a powerful team. Today, yes, I think we are going to have a good World Cup,” he added.

Perhaps the most important query revolves round whether or not a teen like Yamal, who’s presently the most useful participant in the world, is able to lead a nation at a World Cup.

Morientes acknowledged the teenager’s immense expertise however pleaded for the accountability to be shared among more senior gamers.

“He has character, talent and responsibility, but I think it’s still too early. I would ask other players who have more experience and are more settled. Since he has so much talent, he is so good and he is on everyone’s lips, they are going to ask him for that responsibility.

“And I have the feeling that, in the hypothetical case that it was bad, which we hope it was not, they would blame him,” he said.

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The former striker emphasised that it might be a mistake to scapegoat Yamal if issues go fallacious, noting that management ought to come from established central pillars of the team.

“Although it is a mistake, because it has to be distributed among everyone, and we have to see where the failures are. That’s why I have the feeling that there are players who can lead the national team more from the point of view of position.

Finally, the former Real Madrid striker went on to back Martin Zubimendi as an ideal leader while stating that Yamal should continue to grow with Spain.

“Zubimendi, one of them, or the centre-backs, the goalkeepers. Lamine Yamal is a talented player, and we have to let him grow because he is still very young and has a lot to prove on an emotional and personal level,” he concluded.

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