Ander Astralaga, Lamine Yamal, Mika Faye, Marc Casadó, Aleix Garrido, Fermín López and Álex Valle are chosen for the American tour
All of them will have the opportunity to show the Barça coach that they can achieve a place in the Barça first team
There are seven players with a file from the subsidiary or youth who are making the preseason tour with the Barça first team. Xavi Hernández has chosen Ander Astralaga, Lamine Yamal, Mika Faye, Marc Casadó, Aleix Garrido, Fermín López and Álex Valle so that they enjoy the experience. All of them have already been able to enjoy their first training session in Los Angeles after having a great reception from around fifty local fans at the concentration hotel upon their arrival from Barcelona.
Despite being the youngest, Lamine Yamal is the one who stands out the most among the seven. It is the great promise of La Masia. He turned 16 on July 13 and Barça and his agent have agreed to protect his future. The attacker will sign his first professional contract upon his return from the United States and will remain linked to the club until on June 30, 2026. He will have a dissuasive termination clause and as he deserves who is the youngest rookie in the League with the Barça shirt and an attacker called to mark an era.
Araujo is one of the players who best covers young people
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Ander Astralaga, for his part, has become the third goalkeeper in the squad after the non-renewal of Arnau Tenas. At 19 years old, he is a tall, agile goalkeeper with good footwork, who will occupy the goal of the Rafa Márquez subsidiary and will be called up with the first team when necessary. He arrived at the club at cadet age and has a contract until 2025.
A club bet is Mika Faye. The 19-year-old Senegalese central defender has arrived at Barça this summer to strengthen the subsidiary from NK Kustosija. Barça has paid 1.5 million euros for him. He had very good reports and they believe in the club that it can become a new Araujo case. ANDHe is left-handed and is surprising in this preseason due to his good handling in addition to his already known forcefulness and physical strength.
The creators
Two players that Xavi likes a lot and who have trained countless times under him are Marc Casadó and Aleix Garrido. In fact, both have made their debut in the first team with the man from Terrassa on the bench. The first was done in November last year against Viktoria Plzen. The one from Sant Pere de Vilamajor is 19 years old and already has experience in tours, as he was already on tour last summer. Xavi gave him minutes as a right back, a position that was lame, although where he stands out is as a center midfielder due to his good vision of the game. He has a contract until 2024 and talks to extend it should start soon.
Young people are excited in Los Angeles
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Aleix Garrido, for his part, renewed during the month of April until 2025. The man from Ripoll is also 19 years old and made his debut in the first little while before renewing in a league match against Elche. Arrived at grassroots football when he was a youngest, he is an interior specialized in giving the last pass. He is very talented and at La Masia they remember that he and Gavi formed a spectacular interior couple.
Bucket Refill
One of the surprises of the expedition is Álex Valle. The man from Badalona returned home this summer after a loan to Andorra that gave him experience in professional football. He is 19 years old and has a contract until 2025.
He is a left-back with great projection who was indisputable for Rafa Márquez in the subsidiary in the first part of the season, until he went on loan to Andorra. Xavi has decided to have him on this tour because Balde still hasn’t recovered from the injury he suffered at the end of the course and he needs another left back in addition to Marcos