Inside Lamine Yamal's epic summer including holiday to Sicily with model 11 years his senior & meeting Neymar in Brazil
His epic summer holiday is well and truly deserved after a hard season of graft with Barcelona.
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Yamal - who celebrates his 18th birthday today - played a massive role in Barca's reaching of the Champions League semi-finals.
But he couldn't help guide his team-mates into May's final as they were bested by Italian giants Inter Milan.
And Yamal has seemingly been getting over his Champions League heartache with the most epic of summers.
In mid-June, the Spain international opted to take in the gorgeous sights and coastline of Sicily.
His trip to the south of Italy made headlines as he was spotted with a stunning influencer 11 YEARS his senior.
Yamal was seen hanging with Fati Vasquez on the beautiful island of Pantelleria, located in the south of Sicily.
The pair's hanging out sparked suggestions that they may be an item, despite their DOUBLE-DIGIT age difference.
Yamal, however, quickly put those rumours to bed.
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Just days after enjoying all that Sicily has to offer, Yamal was spotted rubbing shoulders with former Barcelona hitman Neymar.
Yamal hung out with the striker at his plush mansion in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro and also took in all the beautiful city has to offer.
Craig Burley praises Lamine Yamal's clutch goal in Spain's win
Just five days later, he was spotted living it up in Ibiza with his pals on a yacht following a 5,127-mile journey from Rio.
He even bumped into Barca and Spain team-mate Gavi during his sojourn to the White Island.
Most would be content with visiting one of Sicily, Rio or Ibiza for their summer holidays.
But not Yamal, who took a private jet to Spanish hotspot Marbella just days after his Ibiza break.
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Yamal has racked up air miles galore during his epic summer of travel.
But he's chomping at the bit to get back to full fitness as he'll be one of Barca's first first-team players to report for pre-season training.
Monday's training session will be Yamal's first since the activation of his new bumper deal at the Nou Camp, which runs until the summer of 2031.
A special ceremony will be held at the club's offices to commemorate Yamal's pledging of his long-term future to the club and will be attended by his close family members.
The question is now will he inherit the No10 worn by so many Barca idols before him including Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho and, of course, Lionel Messi.
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