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UEFA Champions League: Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona prodigy taking world football by storm at just 17-years of age, has recieved high praise from his national team captain Alvaro Morata with the forward claiming the youngster holds the potential to be the greatest player in Spain's long and rich history.

“Every 20 or 30 years one or two emerge like Cristiano and Messi. For me, he’s got everything it takes to make history. I’m convinced that if he doesn’t become the greatest player in Spain’s history, he’ll definitely be one of them. He already made history with us by winning the Euro.

"He was 16 when the tournament started and I hope he keeps this up because he’s my team-mate, because he can make me win more things with the national team and because my kids want to meet him, get to know him, go watch the games and all that," said Morata to The Athletic.