Spain's Lamine Yamal, 16: I'll quit school if we reach Euro 2024 final

School's not out for summer for Spain wunderkind Lamine Yamal, but it might be out forever if he helps his national team go all the way at Euro 2024.

Yamal has taken the tournament by storm with his sparkling performance at the tender age of 16, and has been combining his on-field exploits with online high school classes in his spare time at the team's hotel in Germany.

However, a run to the championship game for the mightily impressive Spanish, who top the FOX Sports Euro 2024 power rankings after two wins from two, would prompt the Barcelona speedster to put his academics on hold — perhaps permanently.

"If we reach the final, I won't come back," Yamal told Spanish reporters. "I'll go directly on vacation."

As important as school is, Yamal's future is pretty well set. He has already agreed a three-year contract with Barca that pays him more than $4 million per season and is expected to extend that deal again once age restrictions allow.

If another club wanted to activate a release clause, it would have to offer the Spanish club more than $1 billion to force a transfer of Yamal's rights.

For now, however, he is still diligently undertaking his lessons and homework as he progresses with his fourth-year of ESO, the last year of compulsory schooling in Spain.

"I have been watching the Euros on the sofa with my mom," Yamal said. "We are not here for a stroll, but to make history.

"I hope to go far in the Euros and I have brought my homework. I have classes on the web and I am doing well.

"Since we have a lot of free time, I don't say ‘I have to do at least two hours today.' When I am in the room and have nothing to do, I take the iPad and do a couple of hours of homework. When other players call me to play PlayStation, I go