Follow usThe young superstar of Barcelona, Lamine Yamal, who didn’t play in the club’s last match and will not be part of Spain’s national team for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria, must be well enough to face Real Madrid. El Clásico will be on 26th October, and Yamal is expected to be ready for the mega derby, the Spanish media revealed.
The doctors of Barca will work with Lamine during the international break, as the priority will be for him to be at his best level for the biggest game of the Spanish football. Raphinha, Fermin Lopes, and Joan Garsia are also injured and hope the pause in club football will be great for them to have enough time to heal.
Yamal is following strictly his healing process, as in the best-case scenario, the wonderkid will play from the bench against Girona on October 18th after the international break. If this happens, we can also see Lamine on the pitch for the match in the Champions League vs. Olympiacos, 3 days later, ahead of the derby vs. Los Blancos.
By the time of his 18th birthday, Lamine Yamal has already played 8,158 minutes. None of the recent Golden Boy winners have come close to this workload.
Bellingham (2023) 6,216 minutes
Gavi (2022) 4,195 minutes
Pedri (2021) 3,811 minutes pic.twitter.com/QV26bbNHHr— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 7, 2025
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