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Dani Olmo’s 10-year odyssey back to Barcelona – told by the coaches who made him
2 months, 1 week ago

Dani Olmo’s 10-year odyssey back to Barcelona – told by the coaches who made him

New York Times  

Ten years ago, Dani Olmo made a difficult but important decision — aged 16, he left Barcelona, the club that had formed him, for Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. I am happy for him, I know he was looking forward to returning home.” Before Sunday’s game, The Athletic spoke to figures from Olmo’s time in Barca’s youth system, and at Dinamo …

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Inside Lamine Yamal's brilliant but humble upbringing: From being held and bathed as a baby by Lionel Messi to heartbreaking parent split as Barcelona star's dad is 'stabbed in a car park
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Lamine Yamal's brilliant but humble upbringing: From being held and bathed as a baby by Lionel Messi to heartbreaking parent split as Barcelona star's dad is 'stabbed in a car park

Daily Mail  

Lamine Yamal, widely regarded as one of the most exciting young football talents in recent years, burst onto the scene as a gifted winger for Barcelona in his teenage years. But, heartbreak struck earlier this week when Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraoui, was taken to hospital after being attacked in a car park in Mataro, near Barcelona - according to Spanish …

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The one thing that made the Spanish the best footballers in the world
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The one thing that made the Spanish the best footballers in the world

The Independent  

Take a moment to check out this statistic. The Spanish FA may have been rightly pilloried last year after the World Cup debacle with boss Luis Rubiales, but back in the 1990s, they were the most far-sighted, revolutionary body in world football. An indication of just how good the system was, in the English Premier League three of the four …

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Why the best team in the world is only just getting started
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the best team in the world is only just getting started

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s not just winning,” Vicky Losada, the former Barcelona captain who led …

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17-year-old Pau Cubarsí is latest academy player to come through for Barcelona’s senior team
9 months, 4 weeks ago

17-year-old Pau Cubarsí is latest academy player to come through for Barcelona’s senior team

Associated Press  

MADRID — The La Masia youth academy keeps churning out talent for Barcelona. “It’s one of these players for life, another one that comes from La Masia,” veteran Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto said. The most famous player to make it from La Masia was Lionel Messi, who spent nearly two decades at Barcelona before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 amid …

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17-year-old Marc Guiu, another La Masia Academy graduate debuts for Barcelona
1 year, 2 months ago

17-year-old Marc Guiu, another La Masia Academy graduate debuts for Barcelona

The Hindu  

Barcelona coach Xavi knows from his own experience that taking a chance on youngsters at the club’s famous La Masia football academy usually pays off. They don’t look scared out there.” Xavi has had to expedite the debuts of some players because of a series of injuries to the regular starters, but the way they’ve come through when called upon …

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Barcelona celebrates another talented teenager making a successful move from its La Masia academy
1 year, 2 months ago

Barcelona celebrates another talented teenager making a successful move from its La Masia academy

Associated Press  

MADRID — Barcelona coach Xavi knows from his own experience that taking a chance on youngsters at the club’s famous La Masia soccer academy usually pays off. They don’t look scared out there.” Xavi has had to expedite the debuts of some players because of a series of injuries to the regular starters, but the way they’ve come through when …

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Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez – ‘From here, the only thing he can do is believe in himself’
1 year, 3 months ago

Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez – ‘From here, the only thing he can do is believe in himself’

New York Times  

At one point, Fermin Lopez could have become that guy who, in 25 years, would be sitting at his local bar, surrounded by friends, unfolding every little detail of the best day of his life over and over: a summer night in Dallas when he represented Barcelona in a pre-season Clasico and scored a belter past Thibaut Courtois. The winger’s …

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'We're Pioneers': Barcelona's La Masia Finally Opens its Doors to Women
3 years, 2 months ago

'We're Pioneers': Barcelona's La Masia Finally Opens its Doors to Women

News 18  

When Claudia Riumallo Pineda wakes up, it does not take her long to know where she is. From her bedroom window she can see the Johan Cruyff Stadium inside Barcelona’s Ciutat Esportiva training ground, where she dreams of one day playing for the women’s first team. But the women’s team has been knocking on the door for a long time, …

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Joan Laporta pledges to make You'll Never Walk Alone slogan of La Masia for Barcelona
4 years, 1 month ago

Joan Laporta pledges to make You'll Never Walk Alone slogan of La Masia for Barcelona

Daily Mail  

Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta has pledged to make Liverpool's iconic anthem You'll Never Walk Alone the slogan of La Masia, if he is once again re-elected. Joan Laporta will make You'll Never Walk Alone the slogan of Barcelona's football youth ranks The iconic anthem is most widely associated with Liverpool and bellowed out on the Kop The Masia academy …

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Football Manager 2021: 10 wonderkids you MUST sign in the new game
4 years, 1 month ago

Football Manager 2021: 10 wonderkids you MUST sign in the new game

Daily Mail  

Football Manager 2021 is finally here and players across the world are now starting up new saves that will be the focus of their attention for the next 12 months. Owned by RB Leipzig but starting FM21 back home on loan at Dinamo Zagreb, Gvardiol signed with the Bundesliga club in the summer after being linked with both Bayern Munich …

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Barcelona 'will try again to re-sign Manchester City defender Eric Garcia for £10m'
4 years, 3 months ago

Barcelona 'will try again to re-sign Manchester City defender Eric Garcia for £10m'

Daily Mail  

Barcelona are set to return to Manchester City with another formal offer for centre back Eric Garcia as the Nou Camp giants try one last time to secure a deal for their former player. Barcelona are eyeing a cut-price deal for a player who came through their La Masia academy, and Mundo Deportivo are now reporting that Ronald Koeman is …

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Ansu Fati’s journey from Bissau to Barcelona: ‘in terms of football ability, we’d never seen anything like it’
4 years, 4 months ago

Ansu Fati’s journey from Bissau to Barcelona: ‘in terms of football ability, we’d never seen anything like it’

New York Times  

This piece was originally published in August 2020. The answer was that Ansu’s father Bori had been drawn to the region after reading about Marinaleda, which is billed, in Dan Hancox’s book of the same name, as “the village against the world”. At Sevilla, Ansu’s talent, in particular, commanded a sense of awe from the coaching staff, who, like Perez …

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Ansu Fati could pave the way for a new era of La Masia stars at Barca
4 years, 6 months ago

Ansu Fati could pave the way for a new era of La Masia stars at Barca

Daily Mail  

When Lionel Messi first started scoring goals at the Nou Camp it was Ronaldinho who he looked up to, who set up his chances, and who he celebrated with. As Barcelona supporters ask themselves what are the 17-year-old’s chances of helping Messi carry the team through the next couple of seasons there is an obvious follow-up question: Who else from …

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La Masia not just to nourish Barcelona, says former coach
4 years, 8 months ago

La Masia not just to nourish Barcelona, says former coach

The Hindu  

These are trying times for all athletes, coaches and all the stakeholders associated with the effortless running of sporting events worldwide. La Liga’s grassroots development programme, 'LaLiga Football Schools ', however, has commenced e-training to keep kids physically fit during the downtime. In a chat with Sportstar, the former Barcelona Academy coach opened up on the state of Indian football, …

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Valverde heaps praise on Ansu Fati and Carles Perez
5 years, 1 month ago

Valverde heaps praise on Ansu Fati and Carles Perez

The Hindu  

Carles Perez revelled in the fact he and fellow Barcelona academy product Ansu Fati made the difference in Tuesday's 2-1 win at Inter, proving La Masia has not lost relevance. Barca endured a real tussle with Inter at San Siro, only securing a late win thanks to Fati's 86th-minute strike. That goal made the 17-year-old the youngest scorer in Champions …

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Victor Valdes is SACKED as youth team coach by Barcelona after 'falling out with Patrick Kluivert'
5 years, 3 months ago

Victor Valdes is SACKED as youth team coach by Barcelona after 'falling out with Patrick Kluivert'

Daily Mail  

Victor Valdes has sensationally been sacked as Barcelona Under-19s coach after a fall-out with former team-mate Patrick Kluivert. The 37-year-old, who made over 500 appearances for the club, stepped up to youth team coach in July - during the same period Kluivert took over as head of La Masia academy - but the relationship between the pair has soured to …

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Barcelona news: Lionel Messi embraces 16-year-old debutant Ansu Fati
5 years, 4 months ago

Barcelona news: Lionel Messi embraces 16-year-old debutant Ansu Fati

Daily Mail  

Ansu Fati is unlikely to ever forget his first appearance for Barcelona – or the moment which came shortly after he stepped off the Nou Camp pitch. Lionel Messi hugs 16-year-old Ansu Fati after the teenager made his Barcelona debut Fati came off the bench to help Barca return to winning ways with a 5-2 victory over Real Betis The …

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