Feyenoord manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst believes Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal has all the qualities required to win the Ballon d’Or.
The former Netherlands international shared his assessment of the Barcelona star ahead of Feyenoord’s opening fixture in the league phase of the Champions League. The Rotterdam club will travel to Camp Nou to face Barcelona on 9 September, with kick-off scheduled for 19:45 Moscow time.
Van Bronckhorst’s view centres on Yamal’s status as one of Barcelona’s standout attacking players. The Feyenoord manager described the teenager as a genuine star winger and said: “He has everything to win the Ballon d’Or.”
The remark underlines the scale of Van Bronckhorst’s belief in Yamal’s potential. The Ballon d’Or is one of football’s most prestigious individual awards, and Van Bronckhorst considers the Barcelona player to possess the attributes needed to compete for it.
Yamal’s Barcelona side will meet Feyenoord in the first round of the competition’s league phase. The match will be played at Camp Nou, Barcelona’s stadium, on 9 September. It will begin at 19:45 Moscow time.
For Feyenoord, the fixture represents the start of their Champions League league-phase campaign. For Barcelona, it is the first match of the same stage against the Dutch club. The meeting has also provided the setting for Van Bronckhorst to discuss Yamal, whose performances have made him a prominent figure at the Catalan club.
Van Bronckhorst is a former footballer from the Netherlands and is now the head coach of Feyenoord, based in Rotterdam. His comments were specifically about Yamal, the highly rated winger of Barcelona, ahead of the clubs’ meeting.
The manager’s assessment gives the Barcelona player considerable recognition before the match. Rather than limiting his praise to Yamal’s current role at Barcelona, Van Bronckhorst linked him with the highest level of individual recognition in the sport.
The encounter at Camp Nou will therefore bring Feyenoord and Barcelona together in the opening round of the Champions League’s league phase, while also placing Yamal at the centre of attention following Van Bronckhorst’s prediction. His words are clear: in the Feyenoord manager’s opinion, Yamal has everything necessary to win the Ballon d’Or.
The fixture details remain unchanged. Barcelona will host Feyenoord at Camp Nou on 9 September, and the match will start at 19:45 Moscow time. Before that meeting, Van Bronckhorst has made his position on Barcelona’s star winger clear, identifying Yamal as a player with the potential to reach the very top of the individual game.