When Jordi Roura and Aureli Altimira joined FC Barcelona’s youth academy in 2014, they confronted two important challenges.
Roura was additionally Tito Vilanova’s assistant through the historic 100-point season whereas Altimira was additionally a part of that teaching workers. In 2014, they had been handed the keys to La Masia they usually encountered two main points proper off the bat.
It was regarding two younger people who discover themselves within the Barcelona first-team setup at the moment, albeit they took two very completely different paths to make it there – Inaki Pena and Dani Olmo.
Inaki Pena was on his strategy to Manchester United
Certainly, throughout an interview with Mundo Deportivo, Roura and Altimira revealed that Inaki Pena, who appears to be having fun with his finest second at Barcelona at the moment, was on his strategy to Manchester United once they took over.
“We discovered that he had a cope with Manchester United. He had travelled there and the whole lot. It was a performed deal,” they revealed.
Nevertheless, the previous Barça academy chiefs managed to persuade Pena to proceed on the membership by presenting him their plan for him.
“However we talked to him, we offered our plan for the longer term, what we anticipated from him. To our shock, we satisfied him and he determined to remain,” they remarked.
Praising Pena, Roura and Altimira added: “He’s a spectacular lad, knowledgeable as the highest of a pine tree. We’re completely happy that he has been given the chance and that he’s responding as he’s doing.”
As talked about, Pena goes via his finest interval at Barcelona, having put in starring shows in latest video games – with the efficiency towards Actual Madrid being a selected spotlight as he denied Kylian Mbappe on a number of events to assist his crew safe a win.
Olmo took a unique path
Roura and Altimira couldn’t cease Olmo from leaving La Masia. (Picture by Angel Martinez/Getty Photographs)
In the meantime, Roura and Altimira additionally spoke in regards to the state of affairs of Dani Olmo, who, in contrast to Pena, opted to maneuver on from La Masia in 2014 however is now again at Barcelona precisely a decade later.
“We arrived and it was performed. His father referred to as me once we got here in and I feel there was some laziness. He was ready for a gathering they usually hadn’t made issues clear,” they revealed.
“We had been like loopy to see if we may remedy it, enhance circumstances. However he advised us that that they had given the phrase to Dinamo. Luckily, he didn’t hearken to us as a result of he has performed very effectively,” Roura and Altimira concluded.