Lamine Yamal’s baby photos with a young, long-haired Lionel Messi have become lasting images during this summer of soccer. Yamal – who will celebrate his 17 th birthday Saturday, one day ...

The baby in the photos with Lionel Messi — which have gone viral — was none other than Lamine Yamal, the Spanish wunderkind, who at 16 is showing such promise that he’s already being ...

A photo of Messi and Yamal, taken in 2007, drew attention after it was posted on Instagram by Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraoui, last week with the caption: "The beginning of two legends." ...

A photo of a young Lionel Messi and baby Lamine Yamal has resurfaced after 17 years as both Messi and Yamal have their respective teams in the semifinals of Copa América and the Euros.

Lamine Yamal’s baby photos with a young, long-haired Lionel Messi have become lasting images during this summer of soccer.. Yamal – who will celebrate his 17 th birthday Saturday, one day ...

And he [told] me the baby is Lionel Messi, of course. And the other baby is Lamine Yamal.” Messi (left) helps to bathe Yamal with his mother, Sheila Ebana. Joan Monfort/AP.

When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, he knew the long-haired young man would make it big in soccer. He could not have imagined the ...

The old photo of Lionel Messi and Euro Star Lamine Yamal went viral after the latter’s father posted it on Instagram. When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity ...

When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, he knew the long-haired young man would make it big in soccer.

A photo of a young Lionel Messi and baby Lamine Yamal has resurfaced after 17 years as both Messi and Yamal have their respective teams in the semifinals of Copa América and the Euros.

When Joan Monfort took photos of Lionel Messi with a baby for a charity calendar almost 17 years ago, he knew the long-haired young man would make it big in soccer.

A photo of a young Lionel Messi and baby Lamine Yamal has resurfaced after 17 years as both Messi and Yamal have their respective teams in the semifinals of Copa América and the Euros.