Lamine Yamal gets the ultimate manga treatment from Captain Tsubasa creator Yoichi Takahashi

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Captain Tsubasa creator Yoichi Takahashi transformed Lamine Yamal into a manga character during an official visit to FC Barcelona. The Japanese artist toured the Barça Museum and Spotify Camp Nou before completing and signing the portrait in his unmistakable style. The drawing creates a special connection between one of soccer’s most influential fictional worlds and one of the game’s brightest young stars.

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00:01Lamine Yamo has already become one of soccer's most recognizable young stars.

00:06Now, he has entered the world of one of the sport's most iconic manga series.

00:10During a visit to FC Barcelona,

00:13Yuichi Takahashi personally transformed the young forward

00:15into a character drawn in his unmistakable Captain Tsubasa style.

00:19Takahashi also toured the Barca Museum and Spotify Camp Nou

00:23before completing and signing the portrait.

00:25Captain Tsubasa has inspired generations of soccer fans and players,

00:28making Yamo's manga makeover a perfect meeting of the sport's past, present, and future.

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