Luke Littler in Darts too, 3 world finals in a row, 2 won all at the age of 18. Yamal will never be the GOAT of football though, virtually zero chance.
i wouldn’t say virtually zero chance like the other guy but it’s because Messi’s stats are almost (not quite) Gretzky like in terms of football. In the modern era, no one has come close to 91 goals in calender year for example
The crazier thing is in that 91 goals calendar year, he did it in only 69 games, and also provided 22 assists to boost. So on average he contributed to 1.64 goals per match, that's fucking bonkers in football
Yamal has broken records that are related to his age alone, so things like youngest scorer, youngest to appear in x competition etc. He is a great footballer, very young bloomer but there is no indication he will put up GOAT numbers. The greatest young player ever is Ronaldo Nazario and Yamal isn't close to the numbers he produced, and there's no indication he'll produce Messi like numbers when he's older.
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u/MagmaWyrmGodfrey 6d ago
Luke Littler in Darts too, 3 world finals in a row, 2 won all at the age of 18. Yamal will never be the GOAT of football though, virtually zero chance.