Ronaldo names Chelsea star who is ‘kind of like Lamine Yamal’ at Barcelona

‘He’s a young player and very talented,’ Ronaldo told Ben Jacobs about Estevao.

‘He’s kind of like Lamine Yamal. He will soon be a very big star in football.

‘He’s very promising, and at just 17. I think he’ll play for Palmeiras at the Club World Cup then join Chelsea.’

Yamal came through Barcelona’s academy, producing 13 goals and 20 assists across 70 games for the Catalan club to date.

The 17-year-old – who is the same age as Estevao – firmly burst onto the scene at. Euro 2024, being name Young Player of the Tournament, as he help. Spain clinch the trophy after they beat England in the final.

Yamal is widely regard as one of the best young ufabet https://ufabet999.app footballers on the planet and was award the. Kopa Trophy in 2024, which is hand out annually to the world’s best U21 player.

Chelsea star Estevao, meanwhile, has played 46 senior games for Palmeiras to date, registering 15 goals and 10 assists.

Estevao earned his first few international caps this year and has played four times for Brazil so far.

Earlier this season, Estevao, who has also been compar to Lionel Messi and Neymar, revealed that Chelsea superstar Cole Palmer has already reached out to him ahead of the duo linking up at Stamford Bridge.

‘When I signed for Chelsea, the next day I scored a goal and celebrated like Palmer,’ Estevao said.

‘His celebration was trendy, very popular. We talked on social media, I tagged him on Instagram.

‘He called me a star, I said he’s a star too. He said we’re going to do a lot of great things together for Chelsea.’