Lamine Yamal with his father Mounir Nasraoui, his mother Sheila Ebana and his younger brother Keyne at the 2024 Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in Paris Credit: FRANCK FIFE / AFP

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will play at a record sixth World Cup in 2026, but years from now the tournament may instead be remembered as Lamine Yamal’s first.

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