Barcelona's Lamine Yamal to miss rest of club season with hamstring injury, but should be ready for 2026 World Cup
The Spain star led all players at Euro 2024 with four assists as a 16-year-old.
Lamine Yamal will miss the rest of the club soccer season but should be healthy for the World Cup. Barcelona announced Thursday that the 18-year-old wouldn’t feature again for the club this spring after suffering a left hamstring injury in the team’s LaLiga win over Celta Vigo on Wednesday. The tests carried out have confirmed that first-team player Lamine Yamal has a hamstring injury in his left leg (biceps femoris muscle).
The player will follow a conservative treatment plan. Lamine Yamal will miss the remainder of the season, and he is expected to be available… pic. twitter.
com/8UU4Bg9bDh — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 23, 2026 Yamal, one of the best players in the world, scored a penalty late in the first half. However, he fell to the ground not long after kicking the ball and went straight to the locker room after receiving treatment on the field. Lamine Yamal got injured while taking a penalty That's never happened before pic.
twitter. com/PGuq8lh8sY https://t. co/UwY5xGGBDj — Laliga Coverage✍️ (@LaligaCoverage) April 22, 2026 The nature of the injury immediately raised questions about Yamal’s availability for the World Cup given that the tournament starts in less than two months.