BusiTheKing
Senior Member
Been spending a lot of time at work watching these La Masia youtube comps. I like this guy Juan Hernandez a lot. 16 year old AM. Has a nice grace to him.
FC Barcelona: Win of the youth system
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Messi983
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He didn't get as much attention as our Spanish players but congrats to Juvenil B CB Andrea Natali who has just won U17 Euro with Italy.
Club has also renewed some of the most promising players from the Cadet A team (born in 2008).
The Sabadell goalkeeper Iker Rodríguez, the Granada midfielder Pedro Rodríguez, the Galician interior Pedro Fernández, the Barcelona interior Adam Argemí and the Barcelona left-back Lorenzo Oertli, all 16 years old, have stopped by the club offices to sign their new contracts for their youth stage in the company of the director responsible for grassroots football, Joan Soler, and the sports director of the quarry, José Ramon Alexanco.
Club has also renewed some of the most promising players from the Cadet A team (born in 2008).
The Sabadell goalkeeper Iker Rodríguez, the Granada midfielder Pedro Rodríguez, the Galician interior Pedro Fernández, the Barcelona interior Adam Argemí and the Barcelona left-back Lorenzo Oertli, all 16 years old, have stopped by the club offices to sign their new contracts for their youth stage in the company of the director responsible for grassroots football, Joan Soler, and the sports director of the quarry, José Ramon Alexanco.
Pros
+ Starter for the U17 Euro winner
+ 1.86m tall
+ Can play DMC
Cons
- Italian. May literally be a choirboy.
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Gone under the radar. Wonder why he hasn't been moved as quickly as the rest of our CBs. Probably ends up back in Italy sooner than later.
Was about to post. Reported from Di Marzio so pretty much done I'd say. Contract up in summer and coming off a good Euro. Not much to think about.
I'm going through his highlights from the Euro and it is absolutely clear that this guy shouldn't be in the Juvenil B. It seems we mismanaged this talent (or had renewal issues and didn't push him) because he looks better than anyone in the Juvenil A and a few guys given minutes in the B.
Obviously we are not going to miss him too much given our CB depth and overbooking, but I'm really surprised we curbed this guy.
El Barcelona
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Saw some video's of Ibrahim Tunkara, still 14 but that guy is definitely someone to look out for in the coming years.
Messi983
Senior Member
We've signed three kids from Espanyol...
The cases of Xavier Miràngels, Unai Balmon and Pere Villacorta have been confirmed, but in the coming weeks other players could join these three footballers.
Xavier Miràngels and Unai Balmon are two creative midfielders while Pere Villacorta is a forceful defender, three outstanding footballers from Espanyol's youth teams who have accepted the proposals they have received from Barça to join the Blaugrana youth team for the 2024-25 season.
Xavier Miràngels will play in Barça's Cadet A while Unai Balmon and Pere Villacorta will reinforce Barcelona's Cadet B
www.sport.es
The cases of Xavier Miràngels, Unai Balmon and Pere Villacorta have been confirmed, but in the coming weeks other players could join these three footballers.
Xavier Miràngels and Unai Balmon are two creative midfielders while Pere Villacorta is a forceful defender, three outstanding footballers from Espanyol's youth teams who have accepted the proposals they have received from Barça to join the Blaugrana youth team for the 2024-25 season.
Xavier Miràngels will play in Barça's Cadet A while Unai Balmon and Pere Villacorta will reinforce Barcelona's Cadet B
El Barça ficha a tres canteranos del Espanyol
Los tres jugadores de la cantera del Espanyol que pasarán al Barça son Xavier Miràngels, Unai Balmon y Pere Villacorta
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Messi983
Senior Member
Juvenil A coach Oscar Lopez is leaving the club.
Sport said few days ago Juliano Belletti could replace him but it's also not excluded he'll stay as Rafa's assistant if BA is promoted.
Another option is current Juvenil B coach Pol Planas. The return of Franc Artiga who is now out of contract after he did a good job with Rodina Moscow in Russian 2nd division is also possible but he prefers to continue building his career in professional football.
In other news, RB Joan Anaya renewed until 2027, he'll probably be part of Barca Atletic next season. Already played few games for BA but was injured for most of this season.
Sport said few days ago Juliano Belletti could replace him but it's also not excluded he'll stay as Rafa's assistant if BA is promoted.
Another option is current Juvenil B coach Pol Planas. The return of Franc Artiga who is now out of contract after he did a good job with Rodina Moscow in Russian 2nd division is also possible but he prefers to continue building his career in professional football.
In other news, RB Joan Anaya renewed until 2027, he'll probably be part of Barca Atletic next season. Already played few games for BA but was injured for most of this season.
Messi983
Senior Member
Good idea in theory but don't know how this would work in negotiations with players's agents.
Deco is changing this. Firstly, the amount will be higher, but he also wants the termination price to be variable and if he plays a certain number of games with the first team, the value of the clause increases. Of course, everything must be in line with the money the player earns, but the idea is that Barcelona is more protected from the interest of big European clubs in the La Masía kids who are emerging.
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Not likely to happen because it's Spain but best would be if clubs could just get rid off obligatory release clauses. They are putting Spanish clubs in disadvantage on European market.
Deco is changing this. Firstly, the amount will be higher, but he also wants the termination price to be variable and if he plays a certain number of games with the first team, the value of the clause increases. Of course, everything must be in line with the money the player earns, but the idea is that Barcelona is more protected from the interest of big European clubs in the La Masía kids who are emerging.
Barcelona: El Barça quiere evitar más 'fugas'
Subirá las cláusulas de rescisión de los chavales y su funcionamiento
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Not likely to happen because it's Spain but best would be if clubs could just get rid off obligatory release clauses. They are putting Spanish clubs in disadvantage on European market.
Should focus more on closing deals than this.
But in theory buyout clauses is a local labour law so maybe they could make a local BO clause and an standardized international buyout clause of 1000m (just as an example).
That's one way of competing on the international vulture society.
Iirc when Bayern went for the BO of Javi Martine, Bilbao challenged this and made things difficult stating that the BO clause doesn't apply with foreign buyers. I'm not sure what the conclusion was but I think they settled on a deal. Will look up the details as I could be speaking complete hogwash
But in theory buyout clauses is a local labour law so maybe they could make a local BO clause and an standardized international buyout clause of 1000m (just as an example).
That's one way of competing on the international vulture society.
Iirc when Bayern went for the BO of Javi Martine, Bilbao challenged this and made things difficult stating that the BO clause doesn't apply with foreign buyers. I'm not sure what the conclusion was but I think they settled on a deal. Will look up the details as I could be speaking complete hogwash
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
There is no equation for buyout, at least to my knowledge. This leaves a lot for interpretation.
We can increase buyout clauses and force anyone who wants to leave to go to court, which few will dare to do. It's Real Madrid strategy that actually works despite not being entirely legal or ethical.
We can increase buyout clauses and force anyone who wants to leave to go to court, which few will dare to do. It's Real Madrid strategy that actually works despite not being entirely legal or ethical.
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