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Jordi Cruyff reveals why Barcelona decided to delay Lamine Yamal’s debut

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Jordi Cruyff has been chatting about Lamine Yamal and says that former Barcelona boss Xavi knew after “five minutes” of watching the youngster in training that he was special.

Yamal has gone on to become a key player for club and country and is living up to the enormous hype that has surrounding him throughout his career.

Cruyff has detailed just how impressed everyone at the club was when he joined the first team for training.

“I remember because the first times he went to train, after five minutes the coach, Xavi at the time, looked at me and said ‘This kid is special.