Legendary Spanish goalkeeper Santiago Canizares has provided a considerate and well timed warning to Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal, stressing that {the teenager} is now getting into what could possibly be essentially the most demanding interval of his younger profession.
Talking shortly after , the previous Valencia and Spain goalkeeper made it clear that expertise alone won’t be sufficient from this level ahead.
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Canizares shared his views whereas showing on El Partidazo on Cadena COPE (h/t ), the place he mirrored on the stress that comes with early success.
“I feel Lamine Yamal is in essentially the most tough 12 months of his profession, as a result of it’s the 12 months of affirmation.
“He has to substantiate the whole lot he did final 12 months, which could be very tough as a result of he shone at a really excessive stage, and it’s a 12 months of profound modifications, socially, economically, by way of… A brand new life, actually,” Canizares defined.
Different aspect of fame
The previous goalkeeper then expanded on what he meant by a “new life”, making it clear that fame brings problems that younger gamers are hardly ever ready for.
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“The contracts, the publicity… Dealing in a roundabout way with a variety of circumstances and issues that encompass him, occasions, right here, this, that, and so forth.”
Canizares has warned Lamine Yamal. (Picture by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Photographs)
Canizares believes that these distractions usually arrive immediately and may unsettle even essentially the most gifted gamers.
For him, the age of 18 is especially delicate, as footballers are nonetheless rising emotionally whereas being handled like world stars. Reinforcing his level, he said,
“Lamine Yamal is in a 12 months of absolute change, and for me, at that age, it’s essentially the most tough 12 months… essentially the most tough.”
Talking from expertise
Drawing from his personal expertise on the prime stage, the previous Spain worldwide defined that many elite gamers have struggled throughout this actual section of their careers.
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“I’ve seen nice gamers undergo a really powerful time in that 12 months, the place the whole lot is totally different and the place your private life has modified, as a result of society doesn’t permit you to not change, proper?
“’I’m nonetheless the identical.’ No, you’ll be able to’t keep the identical; you’ll be able to’t go have a beer right here anymore, or go have a Coca-Cola there, or stroll the canine within the park,” he concluded.