Lamine Yamal comes up with brutal nickname for Robert Lewandowski in Barcelona training

Barcelona’s teenage prodigy Lamine Yamal has injected a dose of humor into Hansi Flick’s training sessions ahead of Sunday’s La Liga meeting with Rayo Vallecano, branding 37-year-old teammate Robert Lewandowski “grandpa” as the squad sharpened their preparations.

The playful jab highlights the generational divide within the Blaugrana dressing room: Yamal, still a minor, and Lewandowski, a veteran Poland striker, are separated by nearly two decades. Lewandowski has previously acknowledged the age gap, telling the High Performance podcast, “I was in a different world, in a different generation. I’m older than the players’ fathers. I’m older than Lamine’s father, for example, and so I said to myself: ‘Come on, I have to learn from them too’.”

Despite the teasing, the pair have shown immediate chemistry on the pitch. Both found the net in midweek during Barcelona’s Champions League victory over Newcastle and will aim to carry that scoring form into the weekend clash at Vallecas. After Sunday’s fixture, Yamal and Lewandowski will depart for international duty with their respective national teams.