Spain reveals how it stole Lamine Yamal from Morocco

Former members of the Spanish Federation have spoken out about the choice of Lamine Yamal to represent Spain.

If he decided to represent Spain on the international stage, Lamine Yamal was also courted by Morocco, who dreamed of convincing him to partner Brahim Diaz in attack. In the program El Larguero de la Cadena Ser, Albert Luque, the former sporting director of the Spanish Federation revealed the ins and outs of the choice of the FC Barcelona star: “It is not a simple case.

The Moroccan coach came on purpose and the Moroccan government tried to convince him and when we spoke to him, he told me: ‘I want to be European champion, I receive pressure from all sides but I want to play for Spain’”. The father was more complicated. He told me that they were going to kill him in Morocco. He told me things that it would be better not to say anything. His mother is the person on whom Lamine can count the most. She asked me if I wanted him to go with Spain and I lied to her, I told her it was because he was very prepared and not because of Morocco.”

The inside story of Lamine Yamal’s choice!

Francis Hernández, the former director of the RFEF youth academy, went into more detail in an interview with As: “We had confidence in his potential. I did my job so that he could stay with us. The first thing is to understand that he will be different and that there is a risk that he will not play for Spain. I tried to be close to him, to trust him. We had to meet him and his family to explain what our objective was. Lamine was not an indisputable player to play for Spain, but when he showed his potential, he immediately attracted the attention of other countries. The family appreciated our approach. That’s how I understood it (that Spain could have lost him). That was the biggest motivation to take certain measures. My trip to Barcelona was linked to the fear of losing him and the idea of ​​doing our job well.

He accepted because he knows it’s the best for him. He lives in Spain, plays for a Spanish club, and I had to convey to him the sporting objective we had for him, and also that we were going to help him in his training and development. Transmitting that to him meant something positive. I hope we have Lamine for a long time,” he concluded. There seems to be no doubt about that, given that the Barcelona star is set to shine.