The La Masia provide chain continues to churn out one particular expertise after the opposite, with a variety of academy skills already securing their spots within the first-team setup regardless of their younger age.
Certainly, Gavi, Alejandro Balde, Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi, Fermin Lopez, and Marc Casado, amongst others, are all established first-team gamers whereas a lot extra are knocking on the doorways.
Whereas it’s true that Barça are set to lose two such thrilling skills in Unai Hernandez and Pau Prim imminently, they’ve managed to safe the way forward for one of many membership academy’s most precocious younger skills – Baba Kourouma.
Baba Kourouma to signal a three-year contract
Certainly, based on Matteo Moretto, Baba Kourouma will signal a three-year contract with Barcelona as soon as he turns 16, and the membership plan to advertise him to the Juvenil A setup quickly.
Many are nonetheless unfamiliar with the youthful brother of former Barcelona midfielder Ilaix Moriba, who’s making waves in youth soccer on the age of 15.
These accustomed to the expertise popping out of La Masia take into account him to be the following large prospect to emerge from the youth academy.
The negotiation course of has taken time as a result of robust curiosity from a number of prime golf equipment. The golf equipment most eager on signing him have been Manchester Metropolis and Ajax.
However Kourouma has opted to stay at Barça and can signal a three-year contract as soon as he turns 16 years previous on February 23.
Standing at 1.76m and nonetheless rising, the bodily gifted Kourouma is left-footed and so versatile that it’s at the moment troublesome to foretell his final place on the pitch.
His most up-to-date look was at left-back, although he normally performs as a central defender. Nonetheless, he’s additionally able to enjoying as a defensive midfielder or an attacking midfielder, and even on the wings.
As soon as his renewal is finalised, Barcelona plan to advertise Kourouma and start introducing him to senior squads.
It’s anticipated that he’ll quickly make the soar to the Juvenil A staff and will even make appearances with Barça Atletic, earlier than finally breaking into the primary staff.