Neymar Praises Lamine Yamal as Top Performer After Impressive Start
Lamine Yamal has garnered significant attention for his outstanding performance at Barcelona this season, prompting praise from Neymar, who currently plays for Santos. Neymar highlighted Yamal's impressive statistics, which include eight goals and nine assists in just ten matches, comparing them to his own record from the 2017/18 season at Paris Saint-Germain.
Neymar's Instagram post noted that Yamal has achieved an average performance rating of 8.61, placing him second among top players since the 2015/16 season. Neymar himself leads with a rating of 8.81 from his time at PSG, where he scored 25 goals and provided 16 assists in 27 matches. The list also features Lionel Messi with multiple entries from his La Liga seasons.
Yamal has been instrumental in Barcelona's perfect start to the season, contributing significantly to the team's success with 43 goals scored and only nine conceded across all competitions. Barcelona has won all ten of their official matches this season, marking their best start since the 1923-24 campaign. The team's performance will be closely monitored as they aim to maintain this momentum moving forward.
