Lamine Yamal and Neymar Jr

Influence

Two Barcelona wingers a decade apart: the Brazilian played for the club in the 2010s, the Spaniard came out of the same academy a generation later. The same kind of player — a winger who dribbles rather than passes back.

How they met

They never played in the same side — the club and the style are what connect them.

The core tension

The elder is remembered for his talent and for what he never became; the younger inherits that comparison in advance.