Yamal No Longer Wears the Crown After Scoring; This May Be Related to His Breakup

Yamal scored again in the match against Elche, taking his league goal tally to 3 and providing 4 assists so far. However, many noticed that the young Barcelona prodigy did not celebrate in his usual way—"putting on a crown" for himself.

Though other athletes like LeBron James have also used similar celebrations in the NBA, this move had recently become Yamal’s signature. But yesterday, he instead kissed and gently bit the club badge on his jersey with a hint of anger. Perhaps, after weeks of difficult times, this was his way of declaring his commitment to the club.

In any case, the disappearance of the "crown-wearing" celebration from his repertoire may be linked to his announced breakup with Argentine singer Niki Nicole. "I don’t know why he stopped doing it. But I do know that he did the gesture for the first time after meeting Niki Nicole," noted program guest Santi Ovalle. “Coincidentally, now that their relationship is over, he no longer wears the crown.”

The program host summed up: “Some people said he was arrogant and conceited, thinking he was the king of the world—so wearing the crown symbolized that he was the king… It turns out that he did this celebration to dedicate his goals to Niki Nicole. Now that he’s broken up with her, he kissed the Barcelona badge yesterday and didn’t wear the crown.”

However, they claimed not to know if the gesture would be used again at some point in the future. This is because Yamal did not intentionally plan to stop doing it, and there are also marketing considerations behind it—just like his '304' logo.