Photo of young Lionel Messi with Lamine Yamal as a baby goes viral
![This photo taken in 2007 shows a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, who had embarked on his legendary Barcelona career just over four years prior, cradling Lamine Yamal, who was merely six months old at the time during a photo session in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Lamine Yamal is now a soccer sensation. A man cradles a baby.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7263855.1721058442!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/spain-soccer-messi-and-lamine-yamal.jpg)
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 little boy would as well. The baby in the photos was none other than Lamine Yamal.