In an interview with teledeporte, Lamine opened up about what he believes should define a Ballon d’Or winner: entertaining fans and bringing joy to the game. “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙙𝙤.” 🗣️
“𝙈𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙉𝙚𝙮𝙢𝙖𝙧, 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣.” 💛🇧🇷
He also mentioned Messi, saying “𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚” and that people will always take pleasure in watching him play ✨
For Lamine, that feeling is what separates the very best: “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙣 𝙙’𝙊𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.”