Bundesliga
Lamine Yamal labels David Raum "toughest opponent"
RB Leipzig and Germany defender David Raum has come in for praise from 2024 Golden Boy winner and FC Barcelona star Lamine Yamal.
The 17-year-old talent came up against Die Roten Bullen’s full back when Spain faced off against hosts Germany at last summer’s UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final in Munich, which La Roja and Yamal won 2-1. Speaking to Tuttosport - the Italian publication behind the Golden Boy award – the Spanish international said, "David Raum has been the toughest opponent I've had to face. In the Euros, against Germany, he was tough to beat. A solid defender."
Yamal was named as the best young player at Euro 2024 while he also won the Goal of the Tournament award for his effort against France in the semi-finals. He made his senior Barcelona debut at just 16 and has already racked up 17 caps for Spain, scoring three goals.
Raum recently missed several encounters for Leipzig and Germany with a troublesome ankle injury but returned at the weekend to feature briefly in the Saxony-based side’s Bundesliga defeat against Bayern Munich.
The news of the versatile left-back’s welcome return was tempered by the announcement that defender Benjamin Henrichs will be out of action for several months with a ruptured achilles tendon he sustained in Friday’s encounter at the Allianz Arena.