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Lamine Yamal: Following in famous footsteps

Robert J Wilson on the challenge for young footballers when comparisons abound... 

Comparisons always tend to occur when a promising footballer arrives on the scene.
It’s difficult to escape them. Expectation and pressure are heaped onto young shoulders.
Many simply crumble under the weight of being labelled the new… whoever. They struggle to live up to the hype and waiting in the wings will be someone prepared to knock them off their pedestal.
In many ways, there is no greater compliment than being compared to the all-time greats of the beautiful game, but at times it can all become too mu...

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