Lamine Yamal “is not Moroccan”
Lamine Yamal “is not Moroccan”
The grandmother of the Spanish striker of Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean origin, Lamine Yamal, explains the choice of her grandson who preferred Spain to Morocco and France.
“He was born here, he studied here, this boy is not Moroccan, do you understand me?” Yamal’s grandmother said in a recent television interview. Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana was born on July 13, 2007 in Esplugues de Llobregat, a suburb of Barcelona, to a Moroccan father, Mounir Nasraoui, and an Equatorial Guinean mother, Sheila Ebana. Courted by Spain and Morocco, he ended up choosing to defend the colors of the Spanish flag. Some accuse his father of being behind this choice. “My son (Mounir Nasraoui) did not force him to do anything,” Lamine’s grandmother assured.