Barcelona Megastar Shows Public Support for Laporta Ahead of Presidential Election

Barcelona, Spain — With the club’s presidential election only hours away, teenage winger Lamine Yamal has removed any ambiguity about his preferred candidate. The 17-year-old prodigy, already central to Hansi Flick’s rebuilding project, posted a photograph of himself alongside incumbent Joan Laporta on Instagram, a move that reverberated through the club’s political landscape.

The image, captured inside Barcelona’s commercial office beside a scale model of the future Spotify Camp Nou, was taken on the day Yamal put pen to paper on his recent contract extension. Its publication now, in the final stretch of the campaign, is being interpreted as a calculated endorsement. Until this point, reports had circulated that large sections of the first-team squad favoured Laporta’s continuity, yet no player had offered visual confirmation.

Yamal’s post changes that narrative. Despite his youth, the winger carries growing influence within the dressing room and among supporters who view him as the face of the club’s next era. By aligning himself so publicly with Laporta, Yamal provides the incumbent with a high-profile, homegrown ambassador at a moment when undecided club members are weighing their options.

The timing is equally notable. First-team players eligible to vote are expected to do so after Sunday’s league meeting with Sevilla, meaning the squad will arrive at polling stations during the election’s decisive hours. Laporta, who is seeking re-election, has spent the campaign underlining his bond with the sporting project, frequently highlighting the continuity of Flick’s coaching staff and the club’s academy pipeline.

Flick himself has already appeared at a campaign event alongside sporting director Deco and club official Bojan Krkic, while former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o has recorded a public plea for fans to back Laporta. Yamal’s digital endorsement adds another layer of legitimacy to the claim that the current board enjoys the confidence of the dressing room.

Whether that confidence translates into ballots will be known by late Sunday, but Yamal’s photograph has already etched a headline: the club’s brightest young star is firmly in Laporta’s corner.