Madrid, March 19 -- FC Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal doesn't hide his ambition to win the coveted Balon d'Or award for the best player in the world, but says his first ambition is to help his club win titles.

"The first thing is for Barca to win titles, and everything else will follow," said Yamal in an interview with Spanish sports paper, Diario AS, adding the Balon d'Or was "something that usually comes with team titles."

He said winning the "Champions League with Barca and the World Cup with Spain" were his "two biggest dreams."

The youngster predicted a close battle in the closing weeks against Real Madrid.

"It's nearly always Barca-Madrid at the end of the day. Atletico (Madrid) make it difficult and I'm not giving them up as...