Spanish newspaper Carpetas Blaugranas broke the news: “Barcelona’s historic offer for Lamine Yamal does not come from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) or Manchester City”. Accordingly, Barcelona’s brightest 18-year-old star, young talent Yamal , has established himself as a world-class player and is being pursued by many big teams, especially European giants.
It is also understood that Manchester City and PSG could approach the star and offer a deal that Barcelona cannot afford to keep the young talent Yamal. Both clubs are ready to convince Yamal to leave Barcelona, with the latest offer from Saudi Arabia.
Born in 2007, young talent Yamal is considered one of the most promising players in Spanish and European football, not only at Barcelona. This player is showing great form for the Barcelona first team despite his young age, breaking many records for the youngest player ever.
Young talent Yamal, who made his first-team debut under Xavi Hernandez, is also being used extensively by successor Hansi Flick, who has always used him in important matches. His excellent dribbling skills, speed, intelligent finishing and sharp performances have earned him a lot of love from the Spanish national team.
Yamal first joined the Spanish national team in September 2023 and quickly became a key member of the Euro 2024 champions at the age of 17. As the young talent’s achievements increased, top European clubs began to show interest in him. The first team to make an offer was PSG, who expressed their intention to recruit Yamal since last summer.
The French giants’ interest has left Barcelona fans worried, as PSG spent a whopping €222 million to bring Neymar, Barcelona’s best player at the time, to the club in 2017. However, Barcelona have refused to accept any offer unless PSG meet their buyout clause by offering a €1 billion price tag.
However, interest has increased as the young talent Yamal’s contract with Barcelona runs until the summer of 2026 and no immediate agreement has been made on an extension. After two big clubs PSG and Manchester City, a “super-huge” offer has surprised the world, with the main character from Saudi Arabia.
The publication Carpetas Blaugrana said: “Saudi Arabia wants to bring young talent Yamal to compete with European football and the amount they have offered is huge. They are willing to pay Barcelona a transfer fee of 500 million euros and give Yamal a total of 1.5 billion euros for a five-year contract. This is the highest transfer offer ever made in the history of world football.
If Barcelona and Yamal accept the Saudi Arabian offer, it would be a transfer that would change football history. The annual salary would be much larger than Ronaldo’s contract with Al Nassr, which is known to be the highest annual salary of all time at €200 million (Messi earns half of Ronaldo’s in the US), and the transfer fee could be nearly double the world record set by Neymar.
Notably, the choice is in Yamal’s hands. Carpetas Blaugranas said that Barcelona cannot prevent the young talent Yamal from leaving if the partner buys out the contract worth 1 billion euros. Currently, Yamal is still committed to Barcelona, but there are many offers from Manchester City, PSG and Saudi Arabia taking place and becoming more and more attractive. The world of football is paying attention to see if this 18-year-old boy will become the protagonist of a transfer that will change football history.
