The youth squad, whom Xavi made his debut last season, will start on July 4
During the season he will have a Barça B number and record, despite still being young
Ilias Akhomach will be one of the Barça B players who will start with the Barça first team on July 4. In this way, he will have the opportunity to be under the command of Xavi Hernández, the coach who made him debut in the elite last season and who has not lost sight of him at any time when the one from Hostalets de Pierola returned to Barça B and ended up the season with the youth team, becoming a key player in achieving the League-Champions Cup double.
Ilias will have a Barça B card and number during the season, despite the fact that he will still be young. In the club there are many hopes deposited in the canterano, that during the last season has known how to assume the ‘ups and downs’ of category changes and it has a great soccer potential, unbalanced when facing its rivals.
The under-19 international can play as a pure winger -Xavi likes to have players who open the wing a lot- and he has also performed in the final stretch of the season as an inside player in Óscar López’s Juvenil A team, with more space to develop his talent and raise the ball with danger.
Ilias started in Xavi Hernández’s debut as Barça coach, in the Camp Nou derby, and repeated weeks later in Mallorca. Last season, COVID-19 played a trick on him and he couldn’t do the preseason with Ronald Koeman. Now, football and his merit will give him a second chance.