Lamine Yamal today is as old as Lionel Messi was when he made his first-team debut: 6,324 days old, roughly 17 years, 3 months, and 29 days.
The Argentine star debuted against Espanyol on the 16th of October in 2004, at the same stadium and against the same opponent as who Yamal last played against.
The comparisons between the two are inevitable, especially given the two met, by some odd, highly unlikely coincidence, when Yamal was a baby and Messi did a photoshoot for charity. The photo of a young Messi bathing a baby Yamal has only reinforced the faith some have that the youngster is truly the next “chosen one.