This summer, the streets and shops are full of T-shirts with one name printed on them: Lamine Yamal. The Barça footballer has become a star since his high-profile participation in the European Championship and, at just 17 years old, he has already achieved worldwide fame. As Estopa once said: “Lamine Yamal, I love you more every day, Lamine, Lamine, Yamal, Yamal, I love you more every day.”
Now, everyone, inside and outside Spain, wants to wear the Spanish national team shirt or have their photo taken with the star of La Roja who stood out in the European victory along with other teammates, such as Nico Williams, another prodigy, or Álvaro Morata.
But after victory, as we said, comes fame and, with it, the end of anonymity. Yamal, at his young age, already attracts the attention of everyone he meets and the press has already set its sights on the young man born in Esplugues de Llobregat and his circle. That is why in recent weeks another name that is relevant in the player’s life has been circulating a lot: Alex Padilla.
The vast majority of curious people met her on the pitch in Berlin on July 14, when the cameras captured the celebration of the La Roja players after being proclaimed winners of Euro 2024. There, near the stage and in the middle of the entire Yamal family, all eyes fell on Alex Padilla, the young woman whom the Barça star was hugging.
This is a young Spanish woman with more than a million followers on TikTok who has been linked to the player since his appearance at the Berlin stadium. On her account, the young woman usually uploads videos in which she appears lip-syncing or joking with friends, but there is no trace of the footballer.
The media, however, have been speculating from the start that Alex Padilla is the young star’s dream, as they both shared a trip together to Greece after the Euro Cup. However, as revealed by journalist Javier de Hoyos to Ni que fueramos Shh, Yamal has denied that she is his partner: “He told me that they get along very well, but that they are not together.”
