Lamine Yamal (17 years old) continues to receive recognition with each passing game. The statistics support this and the Golden Boy 2024 is just around the corner, an award for which he is the favorite. This Thursday, the award-giving media, Tuttosport, together with the consultancy Football Benchmark, launched an analysis of how the Golden Boy nominees are performing statistically today.
This monthly ranking highlights the young talents, born after January 1, 2004, who are making their mark in Europe’s top soccer leagues. Through ‘Big Data’ and several statistical parameters, the consultancy places the young Barça player at the top with 94.4 points out of 100. The Rocafonda footballer played 4,184 minutes, more than any European Golden Boy winner before same age Last year’s winner, Jude Bellinghamoccupies second place on this list as he played 2,944 minutes at the same age.
Other nominees like Endrick (1966), Pau Cubarsi (1945), Jorrel Hato (1745), Lenny Yoro (1431) o Gavi (1039), also nominated for this edition, did not play much either. On the other hand, legends like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos either Xavi They didn’t play any minutes as professionals at Lamine Yamal’s age,
Source: La Verdad
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