The Blaugrana are the team in the five major leagues on the continent that gives the most minutes to those under 21
Gavi, Balde, Pedri, Ansu Fati and Eric Garcia lead the ranking for Xavi Hernández
The ‘baby’ Barça is a reality. The Blaugrana lead the classification of clubs in the five major leagues that distribute the highest percentage of minutes to their players aged 21 or younger: 29.5% sign in the total. They are followed by Almería (28.2%), Montpellier (27.7%) or Arsenal and Hellas Verona (26.7%), among others, according to the ranking prepared by the CIES Football Observatory.
The average age of Barça, according to the aforementioned study, is estimated at 25.5 years, occupying the eleventh position of the five major leagues. Valencia (23.99 years) leads the table, followed by Stuttgart (24.22) and Southampton (24.40), among others. In this way, it is the second team in the Spanish league, given that only the ‘ché’ team is ahead.
These records can be met thanks to the good performance that young people like Gavi, Balde, Ansu Fati and Eric Garcia are showing; all of them 21 years of age or younger. Instead, Between 26 and 29 years old, the Blaugrana are in penultimate position, with a derisory 6.5% of the minutes, just ahead of Girona (0.9%). Christensen, Bellerín and Memphis are the only members of this group.
With 30 or more years we find Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Marcos Alonso, Lewandowski, Busquets and Piqué. They are awarded 28.2% of the minutes, a fact that corresponds to the 13th position of the ranking of Spanish clubs. Most of the minutes are distributed among players between 22 and 25 years old, with Ferran Torres, Araujo, Kounde, Dembélé or De Jong, who receive 35.8% of the minutes distributed.