First of all you can't say that the club has handled him briliantly when what happend last year was shameful. Tito refused him to give him minutes against teams like Deportivo or Mallorca(teams that are now in Liga Adelante) or against Celta, Zaragoza or Granada at home, prefering to use Adriano, SONG or Busquets at CB. And on top of that, when he didn't had any choice left he used him against Bayern.
The one that handled him perfect was Martino, noticing that he needs someone to teach him and pairing him with Puyol, giving him minutes gradually so that if we will have another CB crisis against Real Madrid or another big team in CL Bartra would be ready.
I think you missed a major point here. Because I don't think Bartra's exclusion was Tito's decision alone, and I also don't think that current gradual inclusion into current setup is Tata's decision alone. I think this whole plan has already been planned by the whole coaching staffs. We have to understand the job of noticing a talent is not the job of the manager/head coach alone, probably it is not his job at all. Its the job of the whole coaching staffs. At least that's how I see it by being involved in my local club youth setups. In fact, I doubt Tata would have given him the minutes he's getting (which by the way is still a bit shorter than he could get if he should have played against every minor teams this season) if there's no recommendation from the staffs.
Real life football is not like Football Manager, that every young talent must be given minutes on the field against minor teams when they are aged 18-22 in order to be developed. We must acknowledge that people develop at different rate.
And secondly, Bartra was thinking about leaving, only that unlike Thiago, had his idol convincing him to stay, not negotiating a fee with Bayern. So for that I am grateful to Puyol, not the club or Tito who did nothing for the youngsters last season.
I admit Bartra's situation has been hard. I already said I had my doubts over him. But still he has made the difference for himself; to stay, unlike Thiago. Hopefully his trajectory will be similar to that of Xavi's.
Xavi wanted to go to AC Milan at some point remember?
Also I don't know why would you say that there is a lack of world class talent on display..I see more talented players than clubs that are willing to give them a chance.
Yes, I would say football today lack world class talent and pretty much boring as a whole. If there's plenty of world class players today, I'm afraid the bar has been lowered significantly.
I don't know, that's just my feeling. I started watching European football around 1995, and I envisioned football as game that is very technical and tactically creative. Not this counterattack fact paced and chaotic crap football majorly on show today. Again this is my own view. Nothing personal against other's preferences or taste.
Of course the high potential youngsters are there, plenty I admit. I just have my concerns at the way major clubs are developing their talents. They are getting exposed to quickly nowadays, and that bring more harm than good.
The youngsters last year were treated like shit and I still can't believe some people hold a grudge against Thiago for leaving, but that's another discussion.
Well there's nothing wrong if people hold different POV that you. Different people may take up different perspectives whatever suits themselves.
At least we all feel grateful that he decided to stay.
