Joan Angel Roman

[AvocadoCake]

Every summer I'm just nervous about the transfer dealings of my beloved Barca.management keeps wasting money on useless talent, Rodri,Kiko,Afeelay etc when we have enough talent in La masia.

 

[Cuenca]

how the hell did he not get a chance to play in thr first team lol he looks good

 

[barca_love]

because the English clubs are typical capitalistic institutions that are experienced on buying or selling...they can hardly put a value on youngsters..they just want the "ready" ones...they arenot interested on bringing up....they just simply lack of spirit..because they cannot show patience to the end ..it`s the case of Fabregas and Pique and ect...

 

[Wouterinho]

because the English clubs are typical capitalistic institutions that are experienced on buying or selling...they can hardly put a value on youngsters..they just want the "ready" ones...they arenot interested on bringing up....they just simply lack of spirit..because they cannot show patience to the end ..it`s the case of Fabregas and Pique and ect...

I like the Spanish clubs a lot more, but I don't agree with your argumentation.
- Fabregas is a terrible example imo, he became captain at Arsenal...
- Pique is already a slightly better example, but let's not forget we (Barcelona) were the ones who let him leave in the first place.
- They are actually starting to focus on youth. I'm Belgian and recently some of the biggest Belgian talents have gone to England (Chelsea, City, Man Utd,...), so they are really working on their youth development.

 

[Valdivia]

Was pretty impressive today, scored a goal and created chances. Looks really promising.

 

[imaqtpi]

Youth development will always be better in the continent than in England. Barca B, RM Castilla (god forbid I bring them up) and other reserve squads of Spanish La Liga teams always get to play in either the 2nd or 3rd division giving them plenty of chance to develop.

England, on the other hand has no real place for youth development. Reserve teams don't do anything in England (hence the decision they've recently come to, to set up a u-21 division albeit far too late). Instead, great, young players end up rotting on the bench in England, whereas in Spain they're given the chance to at least play real football in 2nd/3rd divisions.

 

[yeswecan]

DAT skill at the start

 

[mitkoa7x]

Impressed me the most

 

[Deco 20]

I like the Spanish clubs a lot more, but I don't agree with your argumentation.
- Fabregas is a terrible example imo, he became captain at Arsenal...
- Pique is already a slightly better example, but let's not forget we (Barcelona) were the ones who let him leave in the first place.
- They are actually starting to focus on youth. I'm Belgian and recently some of the biggest Belgian talents have gone to England (Chelsea, City, Man Utd,...), so they are really working on their youth development.

Buying Hazard and Lukaku for over 50 million pounds isn't "working on their youth development"! Okay, I guess De Bruyne and Thorgan Hazard went there too, but still. Thorgan's hardly unknown, and he's still mostly there because of the success of his brother, and De Bruyne joined when he was 20... Boyata is the only one I can think of who qualifies.

 

[Wouterinho]

Buying Hazard and Lukaku for over 50 million pounds isn't "working on their youth development"! Okay, I guess De Bruyne and Thorgan Hazard went there too, but still. Thorgan's hardly unknown, and he's still mostly there because of the success of his brother, and De Bruyne joined when he was 20... Boyata is the only one I can think of who qualifies.

Those are the famous and 'older' ones but they also work on real youth.
- Charly Mussonda jnr (born in 1996) to Chelsea
- Mathias Bossaerts (also born in 1996) to Man City
- Adnan Januzaj (born in 1995) to Man United
-...

 

[Deco 20]

Those are the famous and 'older' ones but they also work on real youth.
- Charly Mussonda jnr (born in 1996) to Chelsea
- Mathias Bossaerts (also born in 1996) to Man City
- Adnan Januzaj (born in 1995) to Man United
-...

I stand corrected

 

[poltergeist]

I have always rated Roman. I think he will get more playing time this season since Sergi is getting promoted.

 

[SamperFCB]

We took the wrong City player: Denis Suárez > Joan Román.

 

[MessiDinho10]

We took the wrong City player: Denis Suárez > Joan Román.

Well, we could've bought Denis Suarez for 3 million back in 2011, instead we signed Kiko for the same amount of money if not more.

 

[Povikas]

He turns into a beast in FM, i hope IRL as well.