Yamal makes everybody around him play better - Kounde - video Dailymotion

Jules Kounde talks about his relationship both on and off the pitch with his Barcelona team-mate Lamine Yamal

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00:00I say it often, people forget it sometimes, maybe, because they see the player who does exceptional things, but he's only 17.

00:10He's still a child, he's still a teenager, who likes to laugh a lot, who likes to joke a lot.

00:16It's a good thing because I like that too.

00:18So we get along really well off the pitch.

00:22And on the pitch, it's come gradually, but it's easy to play with a player like him.

00:27I've said it several times, he's a player who makes the players he evolves with better.

00:34So we also talk a lot about how I can sometimes make things easier for him,

00:44especially with races and by opening up spaces.

00:47Even if very often, even when there are two players, he manages to get out of it.

00:52But we have a really good complementarity.

00:55On the defensive side, I try to communicate a lot with him to correct certain little things on the repositioning or the positioning.