Overview
- Barcelona’s 18-year-old winger waved a Palestinian flag during Monday’s open-top parade following Sunday’s 2-0 title-clincher over Real Madrid at Camp Nou.
- Questioned on Tuesday, coach Hansi Flick said he had spoken to Yamal and did not usually like such displays but accepted that it was the player’s decision.
- Yamal also wore a shirt reading “Thank God I’m not a Madridista” and posted “talk is cheap,” a pointed callback to Jude Bellingham’s October message after the first Clásico.
- The teenager is rehabbing a hamstring tear that ended his club season and is aiming to be fit for Spain at the 2026 World Cup.
- Barcelona has been a center for pro‑Palestine marches since 2023, which shaped a response that mixed street cheers with online criticism of politics entering sport.