we lost lots of players from la masia over the years. some we bought back, like pique, fabregas or garcia. some are doing their thing in other clubs.
Pique had to reject renewal offers from Manu, tells them he will only sign for Barca and come for peanuts, Eric came only on free with huge discount (Laporta decreased the initially agreed fee twice), Albs left because he wasn't highly rated and never signed back because his La Masia roots but due to being a bargain in a position of choice.
In all of those cases, those who were brought back, we did so because it was playing into our own advantage financially. Why would Pique force such move from Manu if he was from Valancia or Zaragoza academy? why would Eric accept a paycut after a pay cut if he was developed in Celta?
And when someone decided to make such sacrifice when he wasn't La Masia, we went for him
The only exception is Cesc, which was due to an obsession from Laporta and later Pep. Cesc left during the summer Laporta was elected and the board didn't have enough time to assess our youngster back then, we were a mess and Arsenal was a top team and Wenger wanted him personally. Laporta took it as a mistake that he wanted to fix, and Rossell took the matter as someone who will fix Laporta's mistake and fulfill Pep's wish to get him back.
we lost lots of players from la masia over the years. some we bought back, like pique, fabregas or garcia. some are doing their thing in other clubs.
as i've said, la porta made his stance clear so don't see where he blackmailed us. doesn't want to stay, fine. sell him now so we don't lose him on a free.
a brief history on how some of the la masia prospects left the academy - for the pussies in here that know better and think the world starts and stops with the 'ilaix moriba' case.
The video here is irrelevant tbh, all those talents (and the aforementioned players) left in either 2 way:
-When they became legally free agents at the age of 16, which is the age there is mass movement for talents in Spain anyway.
-Paying the buyout clause in their contracts.
In both cases, non of those were ever
1st team players with 1 year left in contract forcing their demands in the club.
Moriba is already getting a chance with 1st team despite poor showing with B team, knows the club financial situation and is rejecting the club advances of actually improving his contract, he want as much money as he comes now.
And then, if the club suspect that this is due to another club having agreement with him already, it is normal that the club will not accept that since it could open the door for more of that to happen: hey Barca, accept our offer or we will get that player in the future for free.
