LAMINE YAMAL will reportedly REFUSE to sign any more autographs for fans after closing in on a special merchandising deal.
The prodigy earned a and signed a new bumper deal earlier this year.
Lamine Yamal will stop signing autographs for fansCredit: Reuters
, 18, has already started to snub fans asking for his signature at Barcelona’s Ciutat Esportiva training ground.
Mundo Deportivo have reported that the attacker is close to agreeing a deal with an unnamed website.
The website is sad to specialise in selling apparel and merchandise with their autographs on.
It is suggested that he has been told to stop penning his mark on items presented to him by fans.
It is thought that by restricting access to his autograph, it would add value to the items sold by the website.
As a result, anyone looking for some Yamal memorabilia would have to pay for it via the website.
The report adds that Yamal has told Barcelona of his decision but he is in negotiations with them over a set number of autographs.
This will be so the player can still “fulfil institutional obligations”.
Yamal’s current salary is believed to be £25.2m every year and he also pockets £7m in endorsements.
He could earn even more from Barcelona with performance-related bonuses supposedly worth another £10m.
The staggering wage for the teenager makes him the TENTH .
Although he is still a long way off the summit with boasting the top position.
The former star is banking an eye-watering £245m-per-year at Saudi outfit .
Yamal is likely to get another pay-rise in the future if he continues his phenomenal rise.
The Spaniard finished only behind in the running for the this year.
Meanwhile, Barcelona manager has slammed rumours circulating over the star.
It had been claimed that Yamal arrived late ahead of the defeat to Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month.
But Flick has since vehemently .
Hansi Flick has slammed rumours about YamalCredit: Getty
He said: “he rumour circulating about Lamine arriving late to PSG game is not true, it’s total bulls***.
“Whoever invented that, he is lying.
“For me, the most important thing is that when he trains, he tries very hard.
“He has a good attitude and does it well. He had a few days of celebration because he trained a lot, professionally.
“I will not meddle in his private life.”
