He is the boy who plays football like a man and will be one of the biggest threats to hosts Germany in Friday’s mouthwatering quarter-final with Spain in Stuttgart. But, for all his composure and maturity on the pitch, there are reminders of the childhood Lamine Yamal has only recently left behind.
Euro 2024 has reached the last-16 stage and today sees France take on Belgium at 5pm before Portugal play Slovenia at 8pm.
England are through to the last eight at the European Championship, after a last-gasp victory over Slovakia in the round of 16.