The sentiment, scrawled in thick black lettering next to the slab of concrete where children gather nightly to kick around footballs, is evoked on graffiti scattered throughout the neighbourhood: “In the Rocafonda neighbourhood, more Lamine Yamals, fewer evictions.”
The message is a nod to Rocafonda’s famous son, Lamine Yamal, the Spanish teenager whose dazzling turn at the recent Euro 2024 helped Spain clinch its record fourth European Championship title.
