Lamine Yamal has been making headlines after stealing the spotlight at Euro 2024, which has just concluded.
The 17-year-old footballer, currently valued at over 140 million euros according to the CIES Observatory, shone for Spain in their victory over England in the final in Berlin to clinch the European Championship this weekend.
He grabbed headlines due to his relationship with a young woman named Alex Padilla, with both seeing exponential growth in their social media accounts.
Lamine Yamal and Alex Padilla’s social media numbers explode after Euro conquest
Recently, Lamine Yamal’s relationship with Alex Padilla was first reported.
The Barcelona-based student born in 2006 has seen her TikTok account grow by over 700,000 followers since the two were first linked weeks ago.
Yamal, on the other hand, also saw a significant increase in his Instagram followers from the start of the tournament in Germany on June 14, 2024, to the final a month later. Lamine Yamal’s Instagram followers have increased by over 8 million since the beginning of the tournament.
Before the tournament began, Yamal had 7.3 million followers on the Meta platform.
However, three days after helping Spain win the final at the Olympiastadion, Lamine’s followers surged to 16.1 million, surpassing even his Barcelona teammate Pedri (13.8 million) on the platform.
For his sensational performances during the German competition, Lamine Yamal was named the tournament’s best young player.
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Barcelona also confirmed that the young player will wear a new jersey number, with the teenage sensation opting for shirt number 19 starting from the 2024/2025 season.
Lamine has now followed in the footsteps of his idol Lionel Messi, who also wore the same number for Barcelona in his early years at the Catalan club.
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