Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal wins La Liga Player of the Season award

Lamine Yamal will be an integral part of Spain’s World Cup 2026 challenge and was key in Barcelona’s La Liga defence.Barcelona winger ‌Lamine Yamal has won La Liga’s Player of the Season award.The 18-year-old helped Barca retain their domestic ⁠crown, became the first player to win the league’s Player of the Month award three ⁠times in one season and finished as the club’s top scorer in La Liga with 16 goals and 11 assists.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4FIFA cancels World Cup tickets for about 60 fans who got them for freelist 2 of 4Iran footballers hand passports to US embassy for World Cup visa approvallist 3 of 4Cohosts Mexico look to break last 16 ‘curse’ at 2026 World Cuplist 4 of 4Shakira and Burna Boy opening World Cup in Mexico, Katy Perry headlines USend of listBarcelona’s Hansi Flick was named the ‌Coach of the Year on Thursday.Regarding Yamal, Barca said in a statement: “He is the proverbial headache for opponent defences, who have to make a real effort to try to stop the blaugrana’s attacking threats.“Beyond the intangibles, the ⁠young Catalan scored 16 goals and ⁠provided 11 assists, with no other La Liga player providing that many passes leading to goals.”Yamal, who has been sidelined with ⁠groin issues several times this term, is expected to be fit ⁠for Spain at the World ⁠Cup starting next week in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.He missed Barca’s last six games of the season due to a hamstring injury.Yamal exploded onto the scene aged 16, and was an integral part ‌of ‌Spain’s record fourth European Championship triumph in 2024.