JamDav1982
Senior Member
La Liga debut. Hope more to come.
6 - Carles Alena
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DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
Very proud that to this day we can produce a great talent in Aleña, La Masia is not dead. We've had midfield woes for a number of years, hopefully Carles can come out to be the solution we need. If the B team gets promoted to the Segunda division, I'd gladly have him splitting his time between the B team and first team.
I think loaning Aleña would be a major risk, talents like these can't have interruptions in a good transition to the first team. I feel like Iniesta in his twilight could be a major influence on Aleña learning and growing into his first team role.
I think loaning Aleña would be a major risk, talents like these can't have interruptions in a good transition to the first team. I feel like Iniesta in his twilight could be a major influence on Aleña learning and growing into his first team role.
Androutsos
Senior Member
IMO this is extremely important.
navidjaan
New member
Iniesta is the perfect mentor for him, not only off the pitch, but also on it, as one of Carles' weaknesses is working in the tightest of spaces, as his movements can be a bit too big at times.
Am I the only one that wish he was short like Xavi and Iniesta? I like it when a CM is 1.70-1.75 like Xavi, Iniesta and Thiago. I believe they have better ball controll and can handle situation way better than tall players. Short players can handle situation where they are marked very well and its tight. Atletico Madrid is a team that marks very good. Other weakness is his defending skills because he needs to learn from Iniesta how to press. But ofc I'm not saying he won't succeed because I'm 90% sure he will. With succeding I'm saying he won't be a just a squad player, but also a important key player like Iniesta.
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Yes maybe you are right. Still I can't forget how world class Xavi and Iniesta were along with Messi. All of them were short, but they still destroyed everybody. I just love when la masia Central/attacking midfielders are short f.ex like Adria Bernabe or something because I dont think he will be 1.80 like Aleña in the future. Thiago is 1.74 and look at him.
Total-Football
Senior Member
I remember when a young iniesta came in the last 10-15 minutes.. He passed the ball like he had been a senior player since forever .. it put into perspective the monstruous talent of that generation (iniesta-messi-Sergio-even fabregas). We were truly blessed and we didn't even know it.
Gnidrologist
Senior Member
Then we remember very differently, because i remember... i don't remember anything from Iniesta of that time at all. He was pretty much as anonymous as any youngster being given dozen of trash minutes late in the game. You guys should stop inventing stories about glorious past.
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