Barcelona, ​​without money, but with a quarry full of jewels

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Barcelona could not keep Leo Messi, he just disbursed money to incorporate Emerson after signing Memphis Depay, Sergio Aguero and Eric Garcia as free agents. And now, he is working to adjust / lower the salary of his footballers with Gerard Piqué becoming the first of them to help the club and convey a message of obvious economic restraint, dragged by a critical situation that led to the presidency of Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Among all this, there is the need to re-direct the sports policy of a club that aims to return the spotlight to a quarry that not so many years ago was the key through which its greatest successes were explained and which Joan Laporta’s management must once again be the nerve center of her future project.

Under the leadership of Sergio Busquets and Gerard Piqué, the accompaniment of Sergi Roberto, Èric García or Jordi Alba and the emergence of Ansu Fati (in the final stretch of his recovery), Òscar Mingueza, Riqui Puig and Ronald Araújo, the future knocks on the door with other players in whom there are quite a few expectations and who must devote themselves in the medium term in the squad.

There is a lot of confidence in Nico González, Gavi, Iñaki Peña, Arnau Tenas and Alejandro Balde, who are added to the Austrian Yusuf Demir as protagonists of the future.

Ilaix Moriba and Àlex Collado will not be part of this generation. The first section of the scope for some demands that the club understands out of place to renew and that condemn him to ostracism while in the case of the Catalan seeks a way out, section of the plan without further explanation for the ‘coach who has already made it clear that he does not have him despite his excellent performance with the second team.

Who are the ones called to resurrect Barça?

ERIC GARCÍA

Returning after leaving the club at a young age, as Piqué once did, García is seen as much as Gerard’s successor as an undisputed leader in Barça’s sporting future.

Central of excellent technical qualities, very good exit of ball, positioning and coldness, penalizes to him not to be a physical prodigy for this position, which replaces with an indisputable capacity of concentration.

ANSU FATI

The future of Barça. Catapulted to the plane out of necessity in September 2019, when injured Messi, Suárez and Dembélé coincided, the youngster from the youth team took the opportunity on the fly and stood out as a total striker … Who now counts the days for just recovering from an injury that has embittered him for nine long months.

Infallible finisher, fast in the demarcation, vertical and very remarkable in the combination game, adaptable to any position of the attack, Ansu already has been considered like the natural heir of the Argentine star, called to become in the new star that has emerged from grassroots football.

ÒSCAR MINGUEZA

As in the case of Ansu was placed in the plan out of necessity and as in the case of, in his day, Carles Puyol did not miss the opportunity. Mingueza’s, however, was even more surprising as he was not an undisputed starter at Barça B and at the start of last season few bet on his continuity at the club.

A seasoned defender, with great physical wear and tear and being central can adapt by necessity to right side, does not stand out for its technical capabilities and replaces this theoretical lack with a non-negotiable delivery. Quick to cut and with good depth play in the band, he knows perfectly the needs of the team and always adapts with solvency.

RIQUI PUIG

The eternal aspirant, the undisputed football beacon for many and why, however, it is horrible to be seen for the lack of confidence that, for now, has shown Ronald Koeman to him … Something that has already happened with Ernesto Valverde and, to a lesser extent, with Quique Setién.

Physically often, he is an excellent footballer, touch midfielder, manager or companion when needed, possessing a magnificent ball touch and excellent vision, finding passing lines that seem impossible with ease. His stubbornness in proving that he has a place on the team is as remarkable as the difficulty he finds in doing so.

RONALD ARAÚJO

Without being a player in the squad itself as he came to the club from Uruguay to enlist directly in Barça B, his perseverance, humility and desire to learn allowed him to make the unexpected leap to the first team, sponsored by a Koeman who did not hide his satisfaction with his way of coaching and transferring to the matches everything he learned in training.

Central in size, he is much faster than he might seem, recovers his position with prestige, is a good striker in attack, has very good aerial play and, aware of his technical limitations, does not complicate life when it comes to take out the ball. Despite the competition in his place, both the coach and the club blindly trust him.

NICO GONZÁLEZ

The son of the legendary Fran, who was the star of the best Deportivo de La Coruña in history, Nico landed in Barcelona’s youth football at the age of 11 and at the age of 19 he has already been put on stage by a Koeman who, like all the coaches he had on the roster, he has surrendered to his leadership ability in midfield.

Called by many to be Busquets’ successor in the midfield position, Nico is able to adapt to any position in the wide zone. It distributes with extraordinary ease, offers passing lines, associates quickly and has a good finish from the second line. To all this he adds a superb defensive disposition that makes him a long-distance player at the club.

GAVI PÁEZ

The last to knock on the door, he has just turned 17 and just five months ago he made his debut for Barça B, promoted without hesitation by the then coach of the subsidiary, García Pimienta, who saw in him a steering wheel of amazing technical faculties.

Arriving at the club in 2015 from Betis grassroots football he usually plays as an insider, able to improvise on the go on the pitch and showing unthinkable audacity in a player his age. Great haggler, excellent passer and with an unusual facility to hide the ball, he needs to mature physically but makes up for this lack with an indisputable delivery and extraordinary competitiveness.

ALEJANDRO Balde

The opportunities that Grimaldo, Miranda or Cucurella did not have at the time, displaced by foreign signings that could never overshadow Jordi Alba, it seems that he will be in the possession of this young extrovert, fast, humble and daring equal parts, which is expected to be the medium-term replacement for Barça’s untouchable left-back.

A 17-year-old player who arrived at the club at 11 from Espanyol’s grassroots football, Alejandro Balde stands out for his verticality and speed in the change of pace that make him a gifted lane, still needing to improve in the fold . The pre-season started away from the first team pending renewal … But unlike Ilaix Moriba, he didn’t think about it when accepting the club’s proposal, which today has put up any temptation to look for a left side in the market.

IÑAKI PENYA

Arriving at Barça’s youth football from Villarreal in 2013, at the age of 22 he is supposed to be at the defining moment of his career. Goalkeeper of excellent reflexes and who stands out for the exit of the ball in combination with his teammates, the shadow of Ter Stegen is as long as strange is the insistence of Koeman not to allow the exit of Net to give him the first team replacement.

During the summer he had several offers on the table, the most outstanding in Granada, but Barça, for the time being, have not allowed him to leave, not even on loan.

ARNAU TENAS

Many are those who in the club’s grassroots football consider him the natural successor of Ter Stegen in the Barça goal and called to mark a time as Victor Valdes once did. He arrived at La Masia in 2011 with his brother Marc … who in 2018 was signed by Atlético de Madrid’s youth team.

Very quick of reflexes and with an unusual ability to lead with his defenses taking care of his 20 years just turned, he is bold in the exits, something transcendental considering the advanced one that usually plays the Barça defense, and powerful in the game aeri. With a great set of feet and very cold, he transfers confidence to his teammates.

YUSUF DEMIR

As in his day with Araújo, the Austrian footballer came to Barça to try to convince the coaches to the subsidiary, ceded by Rapid Vienna and with a purchase option for 10 million euros … That to the club azulgrana has already decided to make it effective.

Becoming the youngest debutant in an official match with Barça since the arrival of Leo Messi, Demir, 18, is an interior player who adapts to both sides and can also act as a winger. Bold, very technical and with a good shot from afar, he gained from the first day the confidence of a Ronald Koeman who could, with him, follow the amazing steps that a year ago starred Pedri

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