Spain manager Luis de la Fuente could risk upsetting Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez by comparing 16-year-old Lamine Yamal to Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona.
The Barcelona winger received another call-up to the Spanish national side for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Scotland and Norway.
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Yamal made history earlier this week when he became the youngest player to start in a UEFA Champions League match, but his evening ended after ten minutes due to falling ill.
Xavi recently stated that the media was doing the young winger no favours with comparisons to the football legends, but the Spain manager couldn't resist.
"We always make sure the process is as reasonable as possible," de la Fuente told Marca.
"There are players who knock on the door before others. He has fantastic potential and, in any case, he must be taken care of.
"Do you remember when Messi and Maradona were 16 years old? If someone had said that they shouldn't play at that age we would have put our hands on our heads.
'You don't have to put limits on him, he has to demonstrate his level."
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