Some revelations arrive in press conferences.
And some in post-match interviews.
However, never in the middle of a chat where a player has to explain to everyone that a random stranger on the internet is not him.
Surprisingly, this is one of those.
Lamine Yamal reveals he does not own viral X account as Barcelona star clears up social media mystery
According to Barca Universal, Lamine Yamal addressed the longstanding confusion around the account @ryansbuss19 on X, confirming that while he does run that account on TikTok, the version of it on X belongs to a stranger he has never met.
His words were direct and genuinely funny.
“RyanBuss19 on X is some guy I don’t know who posts nonsense. That’s not me, I’m really sorry. People think it’s me.”
He added: “I check X from time to time, but that is not my account.”
The clarification matters because the account has attracted significant attention from football fans convinced it was Yamal operating pseudonymously.
It has been posting content that has been widely attributed to the Barcelona and Spain star.
Some of it has gone viral.
However, none of it was him.
Yamal’s recovering from a hamstring injury sustained in April, working his way back to full fitness ahead of Spain’s opening game on June 16 against Cape Verde.
“People don’t want to look properly and realize I don’t have X,” he said.
It’s a remarkably grounded response from a teenager who carries the kind of weight that would buckle most adults.
Yamal’s actual TikTok has been confirmed as the only place he operates under the ryansbuss19 username.
For Spain the story is a harmless one.
However, for the account owner, it must be quite something to discover that the world’s best youngster just described your posts as “nonsense” in an interview.
Lamine just confirmed in his youtube video that this account is not him 👍 https://t.co/DDctzovmKr pic.twitter.com/9QMlFhS5i9
— 🐆 (@culebalde) June 7, 2026
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