The most valuable football player in the world is calling Chattanooga home for the month of June.
With the Lamine Yamal fever sweeping the Scenic City, here is a list of fun facts to know about the Spanish national team’s 18-year-old Golden Boy.
Mentions Chattanooga in his first World Cup message
Upon Friday’s arrival to the Embassy Suites in downtown Chattanooga, which the Spain national team has booked through the end of the month, Yamal posted this message on his Instagram story: “World Cup mission starts now. Focused. Ready. No excuses. Arriving in Chattanooga. We go all the way.”
On Monday morning, Yamal posted a TikTok video of himself dancing to music in a hyperbaric chamber along with another of him and his teammates playing PlayStation at the Embassy Suites.