The year 2024 has been nothing short of extraordinary for Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal. Not only has he established himself as a fixture in the Barça team, but he is also one of the faces of the Spanish team.
Lamine was named Best Young Player of the Tournament as The Red He won UEFA Euro 2024 last summer.
After that, the 17-year-old The Masia The sensation won the Kopa Trophy and the Golden Boy Award and took his game to a whole new level this season.
Lamine’s rise is reflected in its very high market value
Following his meteoric rise, Lamine Yamal had, throughout the year, seen his market value, assigned by the Transfermarkt market, skyrocket.
Now that Transfermarkt has updated its latest market values for Europe’s top five leagues, Yamal has reached a new record.
In fact, the market value of Barcelona’s 17-year-old Golden Boy has skyrocketed from €150 million to a whopping €180 million.
This makes him the third most valuable player in the world, only behind Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland and Real Madrid ace Vinicius Jr., who have a market value of €200 million.
In fact, Yamal, with his latest promotion, has surpassed Real Madrid’s star signing of the summer, Kylian Mbappé, whose market value has taken a hit and fallen to €160 million after a rather subdued start to life in Spain .
Yamal is tied with another Real Madrid star, Jude Bellingham, whose market value is also 180 million euros.
This represents another limit on the pen of the The Masia feeling that continues to rise to greater heights with each passing day.
Raphinha, Pedri and Pau Cubarsi experience a promotion
Meanwhile, Lamine Yamal is not the only Barcelona player experiencing an increase in his market value.
Fellow teenage defender Pau Cubarsi has seen his value more than double, going from €30 million to a fantastic €70 million.
Meanwhile, Raphinha, who has been excellent this season for Barça, sees his market value grow by 20 million euros, going from 60 million to 80 million.
Pedri, who has returned to his best level, breaks into the 100 million club, while Marc Casado (45 million), Alejandro Balde (50 million) and Iñaki Peña (10 million) have also experienced increases.
Players such as Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Frenkie de Jong and Ferran Torres, who have missed much of the season due to injuries, have seen their market values fall slightly.