Yamal celebrated turning 18 at a private party at a residence in Olivella, a small town 50 kilometres north west of Barcelona.

Lamine Yamal 's 18th birthday celebration is at the center of a controversy over the alleged hiring of people with dwarfism, with Spain 's Association for People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias (ADEE) saying in a statement that "legal and social actions" will be taken in response.

Barcelona's Lamine Yamal faces criticism after hiring entertainers with dwarfism for his 18th birthday, sparking outrage from disability rights group ADEE, who deemed it degrading and threatened legal action.