The previous few seasons have seen FC Barcelona as soon as once more rely closely on the riches of La Masia and the technique appears to be paying off extraordinarily properly.
Within the likes of Gavi, Alejandro Balde, Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi, Marc Bernal, Marc Casado, and Fermin Lopez, the Blaugrana have unearthed a spate of younger expertise who’re going to be the current and the way forward for the membership.
Jordi Roura and Aureli Altimira are two key figures who helped Barça safe the signings of the aforementioned gamers to La Masia.
Whereas the 2 are now not on the membership, the previous Barcelona academy managers just lately spoke to Mundo Deportivo in an in depth interview, throughout which they highlighted how the signings of among the aforementioned gamers took place.
Fermin Lopez’s journey ‘price probably the most’
Roura and Altimira revealed how they beat Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid by performing shortly to signal Gavi at La Masia, whereas additionally sharing the story of how Lamine Yamal left them amazed on the age of six years solely.
Recalling the story of how Fermin Lopez was introduced in and the journey that the younger midfielder has needed to undergo to make it to the large leagues, the previous academy chiefs had been filled with reward for him.
Fermin is flourishing at Barcelona. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Photographs)
“It’s the story that price probably the most. We noticed him for the primary time in a match in La Laguna with Betis. We had superb data, however all of them went out onto the pitch and we noticed that he was very small,” they stated, pointing at Fermin’s diminutive physique.
Whereas Fermin was shining, his lack of bodily development was beginning to develop into a priority, however Roura and Altimira had full religion in him, as they revealed:
“However he began enjoying and he was very, superb. ‘He’ll develop up,’ we stated. However he didn’t. And his father would say to us each summer time: ‘It’s his flip to go away this yr, isn’t it? And we might reply that Fermin would proceed so long as we had been at Barça.”
Now that he has develop into part of the first-team setup and is flourishing, they expressed their happiness and delight at his progress, saying:
“We insisted to the coaches, who all the time needed to win, as is regular: ‘He has to play for some time all the time’. We’re very joyful for him as a result of he’s labored so arduous.”