{"id":2290,"date":"2026-06-09T20:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:01:28","slug":"why-barcelona-are-worried-about-lamine-yamal-as-teenage-wonderkid-prepares-for-a-shot-at-world-cup-glory-with-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2290","title":{"rendered":"Why Barcelona are \u2018worried about Lamine Yamal\u2019 as teenage wonderkid prepares for a shot at World Cup glory with Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Providing an update on his injured stars, De la Fuente indicated that Yamal is progressing well and could be available sooner than initially expected. The coach stated: \u201cThese players (Lamine, Mikel Merino, Nico Williams) are making good progress in their recovery. I think they\u2019ll all be available for the first match, but we\u2019ll assess whether it\u2019s worth them playing that game, not so much because of the risk involved, but because our focus goes beyond just the second or third match.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the statement may sound positive from Spain\u2019s perspective, it has created anxiety inside the halls of the Camp Nou. It must be remembered that Yamal suffered a biceps femoris injury in his left leg during Barcelona\u2019s victory over Celta Vigo on 22 April and has not featured in a competitive match since that date.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providing an update on his injured stars, De la Fuente indicated that Yamal is progressing well and could be available&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}