Lamine Yamal snags Jesse Lingard’s shirt after thrilling pre-season friendly

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We don’t know how mu ch Jesse Lingard is getting paid in South Korea, but he may have just got a souvenir worth more than a month’s salary.The former Manchester United man is currently playing in the K-League with FC Seoul and their latest match was against Barcelona, and one Lamine Yamal.Lamine was the start of the show yet again in a bonkers 7-3 win for BarcelonaAFPThe starlet snagged himself a surprise souvenir post-match from Jesse Lingard@victor_naheThe Spanish starlet is taking over the world of football, and scored twice in a pre-season friendly win over Seoul before bumping into Lingard in the tunnel.The 32-time England international was chatting with former teammate Marcus Rashford when behind the scenes footage captured Yamal coming to greet him and ask for his No.10 shirt.The red and black number may well end up being one of the least memorable in his collection, but the same can’t be said for what went the other way.Lingard posted his spoils for his nine million Instagram followers to see post-match, and alongside Rashford’s shirt he also had Yamal’s.But this wasn’t just any shirt – it was the one 18-year-old scored his first goals in since taking the legendary No.10 from Lionel Messi.The Spanish sensation emerged into Barca’s first team aged just 15 in 2023 and has since become one of the world’s best players in record time.Now a LaLiga and European Championships winner, he’s in the running for the 2025 Ballon d’Or.Emerging with the No.19 that Messi also previously wore, he’s now taken the Argentine icon’s No.10, a shirt that’s also been used by legends Ronaldinho and Diego Maradona at Barca, making it arguably the most famous club and number combination of all time.The swap was confirmed on July 16 at Barca’s Camp Nou stadium where his new contract until 2031 was also officially ratified.Lamine has already worn his new shirt for the first time four days earlier against Vissel Kobe during an uneventful 3-1 win.Lingard’s new traded shirt isn’t just one Lamine scored his first goal in as Barca’s No.10, but it’s also a Kobe Bryant exclusiveAFP@jesselingardLingard posted the goods on his Instagram stories[/caption]This time he not only scored two superb goals in a 7-3 victory, but he also did it in a first for some special branding.Barca were playing in their new gold away kit for the first time and it’s one that features the logo of late basketball and sporting icon Kobe Bryant.The Nike x Kobe Bryant strip is part of a three-year deal with the sports brand and it has already been the club’s best seller this summer.Lamine even whipped out a LeBron James’ king’s crown celebration after one of his goals and later spoke about how much it meant to him.“It was a dream I had as a kid, to be able to score in this shirt and with this number is very special,” he said.Rashford’s shirt that Lingard picked up also has some value too as he notched his first assist in the No.14 previously worn by Thierry Henry and Gary Lineker.Rashford also bagged his first assist in his new No.14AFPLeading Catalan outlet El Mundo Deportivo liked what they saw from RashfordThe pair of former England regulars both made their way through United’s academy and played together 198 times for club and country before becoming disillusioned at first team level.Lingard left Old Trafford in 2021 for West Ham where he regained some of his best form in a breathtaking six-month loan stint.However, he didn’t stick around, wanting to prove himself back in Manchester, but it didn’t work out, leaving at the end of his contract before doing the same in just one year with Nottingham Forest.He’s since been at FC Seoul for the past two seasons, scoring 13 goals in 51 games and becoming club captain.Rashford, meanwhile, got his dream loan move to Barcelona after a decent spell at Aston Villa last season, although his Man United contract still runs until 2028.