Aleña is not better than Gomes? 😂😂😂😂. I know it's a friendly, but Gomes would never play good as Aleña. Even against a shit team like Sampdoria (we played against them last season in pre season) he was useless. Gomes was even shit in copa Catalunya vs Espanyol B and against Hercules (a third division team).
Aleña has a better vision, passes, ball controll and many other things. Samper too. But because Bartomeu like experienced + physically strong players, Aleña and Samper won't play. For me the technical abilities are more important than being Physically. Your body will automatically grow every year, but the technical abilities have to be there from a young age. Thats why short and skinny players like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta always dominates. Technical and brilliant mind are the most important thing in football something midfielders like Arda or Gomes havent.
Not only that, but Aleña is also a la masia player which helps him to understand the barca way of playing more than Gomes. Even if he didn't, Aleña would still be better than him. Wait until he grows more and you will see. He's the best CM in la masia, one of the biggest spanish/catalan talent + highly rated by the club coz they see him as a future player for the club. He's better than all of our CM's except Iniesta, Rakitic, and maybe Roberto. In two years he will replace both Rakitic and Roberto.