Thuram: Yamal not the best in the world

Marcus Thuram claims Lamine Yamal is not the champion subordinate successful the world, ranking him down France team-mates Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe.

Thuram faced disconnected against Yamal arsenic Barcelona and Inter drew 3-3 successful a Champions League classical during their semi-final archetypal limb connected Wednesday, with the Frenchman scoring the quickest-ever extremity astatine this signifier of the contention erstwhile helium netted aft 30 seconds.

Yamal inspired Barcelona’s comeback successful that match, scoring their archetypal with a stunning solo effort to people his 100th quality for the club.

Yamal (17y & 291d) became the youngest ever scorer successful a Champions League semi-final, a grounds antecedently held by Mbappe (18y & 140d).

He besides became conscionable the 2nd teen to people successful the past 16, quarter-final and semi-final wrong a azygous Champions League run aft Mbappe for Monaco successful 2016-17.

Yamal’s show against Inter prompted Simone Inzaghi to accidental helium had not “seen a subordinate similar Yamal successful 8 oregon 9 years”, but Thuram was not arsenic impressed by the youngster.

“No, he’s not,” Thuram told Canal+ erstwhile asked if Yamal’s caller performances marque him the champion subordinate successful the satellite close now.

“The champion subordinate successful the satellite is French. And the 2nd is besides French. Ousmane and Kylian.

“Yamal is possibly third.”

In each competitions, Yamal has netted 15 goals and registered 24 assists arsenic helium continues to assistance Barcelona’s propulsion for a treble.

Dembele, meanwhile, is enjoying the champion play of his career, and his extremity connected Tuesday gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 pb implicit Arsenal astatine the halfway constituent of their Champions League semi-final.

Only Robert Lewandowski (40), Harry Kane (36) and Mbappe (34) person scored much goals successful Europe’s large 5 leagues successful each competitions this play than Dembele (33).

His 25 goals successful 2025 are astatine slightest 5 much than immoderate different subordinate successful that time.

Mbappe endured a pugnacious commencement to the play but has inactive impressed successful his debut run for Real Madrid, netting 34 goals successful each competitions.

He has present scored the second-most goals by a Madrid subordinate successful their debut run for the club, and inactive has clip to equal, oregon adjacent break, Ivan Zamorano’s grounds of 37 earlier the extremity of the season.