Joan Laporta Criticizes ‘Reckless’ Spain After Lamine Yamal and Gavi Suffer Injuries

President of Barcelona Joan Laporta has voiced his dissatisfaction with the Spanish national team following the injuries that two of the squad’s top players, Gavi and Lamine Yamal, suffered while representing Spain.

Lamine While Gavi is still healing from an anterior cruciate ligament injury he sustained in a match against Georgia about a year ago, Yamal sustained a hamstring injury during Spain’s most recent Nations League play against Denmark. Laporta singled out the national team for inadequate handling of the incident, which has rekindled worries about the monitoring of player workloads during international duty.

Laporta’s Criticism of Spain’s Management

Speaking to Barca One, Laporta did not hold back in his criticism, calling Spain’s handling of the players “reckless.” He was particularly frustrated with the way the national team tried to push Yamal to stay for another match despite his injury.

“In the case of Lamine, he is a very skilful player, who suffers many injuries. It was reckless for him to stay for the next match and I didn’t like that they tried to convince him to play.”

“We have made arrangements and we must defend our interests. We took action, and they understood our approach and that of the player. Lamine is young and has a lot of personality, and he explained the situation he was in.” Laporta added.