Multiple outlets highlight a resurfaced 2007 charity photoshoot in which Lionel Messi, then a young Barcelona player, holds and bathes five-month-old Lamine Yamal. The story traces back to how Yamal’s parents won a competition that gave them the chance to meet a Barcelona player when their son was an infant. Several reports say the player involved was Messi, and they describe the image showing him cradling and bathing Yamal during the session. The articles then connect the throwback moment to the current sporting context: Messi and Yamal are set to meet again as both are involved in their teams’ run to a World Cup final. While the outlets differ slightly in wording—some describe the event as “bathing” or “baptizing”—they broadly agree on the origin of the photograph, the timing (2007) and the connection between Messi and the young Yamal family. The reports frame the image as a notable personal link that is gaining attention because of their forthcoming match-up in the final.
Throwback photo resurfaces: Messi bathed baby Lamine Yamal in 2007 ahead of final meeting
Multiple outlets highlight a resurfaced 2007 charity photoshoot in which Lionel Messi, then a young Barcelona player, holds and bathes five-month-old Lamine Yamal. The story traces back to how Yamal’s...
- A resurfaced 2007 charity photoshoot features Lionel Messi holding and bathing young Lamine Yamal.
- Reports describe Yamal as about five months old at the time.
- Yamal’s parents reportedly won a competition that let them meet a Barcelona player during the shoot.
- Multiple outlets say the player was Messi, then a rising Barcelona figure.
- The throwback is drawing attention because Messi and Yamal are set to meet in a World Cup final.
In 2007, the parents of Spain's Lamine Yamal won a competition to meet a Barcelona player when their son was a baby - and the player in question was Messi, then 20 and a rising star of the team
2 hours agoThe photograph shows a teenage Messi, then a promising Barcelona academy graduate, cradling and bathing baby Yamal during the charity photoshoot. The post Throwback photo of Messi bathing baby Yamal resurfaces before World Cup final appeared first on Vanguard News.
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12 hours agoAn incredible image has resurfaced of the Argentinian champion holding Spanish star Lamine Yamal when he was a five-month-old baby. This is how it happened.
12 hours agoAn incredible image has resurfaced of the Argentinian champion holding Spanish star Lamine Yamal when he was a five-month-old baby. This is how it happened.
12 hours agoSome people swear Lionel Messi baptized baby Lamine Yamal when they first met for a 2007 charity photoshoot. Now they're both in World Cup final.
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