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Would Lamine Yamal get into Barcelona dream team alongside Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Xavi & Andres Iniesta? Gerard Pique makes bold statement on teenage wonderkid

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<p>Between 2008 and 2012, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/how-guardiola-turned-barcelona-and-messi-into-the-best-in/blt7bf6729a7e96959a" target="_blank">Pep Guardiola calling the shots, the Blaugrana dominated Spanish and European football</a>. They collected three La Liga titles during that period, along with two Champions League crowns and a couple of FIFA Club World Cups.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Argentine icon <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/messi-is-an-alien-from-another-planet---barcelona-star-continues-to-amaze-pique/87oswhvtfljr1ajpseuaoouub" target="_blank">Messi was the undoubted star of the show</a>, as he helped himself to more Ballons d’Or, but <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/pep-guardiola-goat-debate-lionel-messi-best-football-player-ever-disrespecting-pele-diego-maradona/blt0c0dfba4ad8987ce" target="_blank">one all-time great</a> was ably assisted by others in the form of Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Thierry Henry.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>There were few chinks in the armour of that star-studded squad and, with that in mind, ex-Barca defender Pique has told <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ikercasillas/video/7475006829391514902 " target="_blank"><em>Iker Casillas’ podcast</em></a> when asked if a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-cant-be-compared-lionel-messi-another-13-years/blt8ffbaeff9724aafa" target="_blank">leading light from the class of 2024-25</a> would make Guardiola’s starting XI: “My feeling is that Lamine Yamal would not be playing in our generation.”</p>

WHAT GERARD PIQUE SAID

<p>That is some shout, as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/every-time-they-see-a-left-footed-winger-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-explains-why-he-will-continue-to-ignore-lionel-messi-comparisons/blt6610d860cf726526" target="_blank">Yamal has been breaking all kinds of records</a> since making his senior debut for Barcelona at the age of 15. He is a now a European Championship winner with Spain and the proud holder of Kopa Trophy and Golden Boy awards.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Yamal would, however, have found it difficult to break into an attacking unit that included the likes of Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Henry, David Villa and Pedro. He is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/every-time-they-see-a-left-footed-winger-barcelona-wonderkid-lamine-yamal-explains-why-he-will-continue-to-ignore-lionel-messi-comparisons/blt6610d860cf726526?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_id=kp0y2tvoffhdawxg&amp;utm_source_platform=msn&amp;utm_source=msn_en" target="_blank">hoping to enhance his reputation</a> in the years to come by landing domestic and continental honours of his own.</p>

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Gerard Pique has boldly stated that teenage wonderkid Lamine Yamal would not get into Barcelona’s dream team alongside Lionel Messi and Co.

Would Lamine Yamal get into Barcelona dream team alongside Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Xavi &amp; Andres Iniesta? Gerard Pique makes bold statement on teenage wonderkid

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