Tottenham have already signed their own Lamine Yamal after £12m transfer completed

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Lamine Yamal is probably the best teenage footballer in the world right now.

The Spanish wonderkid lit up the Champions League encounter between Barcelona and Inter Milan at the Camp Nou on Wednesday night, scoring an incredible solo goal in the thrilling 3-3 draw.

At 17 years old, Yamal already has a bigger trophy cabinet than most players whose careers are over, having already won La Liga, the Spanish Cup and the Spanish Super Cup as well as helping Spain to their European Championship triumph last year. He's also won the Golden Boy and Kopa Trophy on an individual level.

He has a bright future ahead of him and is just two games away from lifting the Champions League trophy aloft with Barcelona now too.

So it is no surprise that when it comes to the highest number of minutes played at senior level for players born in or after 2007, Yamal comes out on top.

According to the report by the CIES Football Observatory, Yamal averages 59.7 games per year, having already amassed 117 appearances since making his debut at the age of 15.

That is 24 more than the next best player born in 2007 or after, with Barca teammate Pau Cubarsi the next on the list with 93 appearances.

Interestingly though, following in Yamal's footsteps is a player who should become very well known to Tottenham fans in the not too distant future.

Coming in at eighth on the list, with 62 senior appearances to his name, is Luka Vuskovic. The big defender rose through the ranks at Hajduk Split to make his professional debut in February, 2023, becoming the youngest player to feature in the Croatian top flight.

Currently playing for Westerlo in Belgium, Vuskovic has already signed for Spurs, committing his future to the club in 2023, with the now 18-year-old officially joining up with Tottenham this summer.

Tottenham completed a £12million deal to sign him from Hajduk Split in September 2023 and he has been on loan with Radomiak Radom and now Westerlo since agreeing that move.