Héctor Fort, the great bet that Barça must make for its full-back

One of the news more gratas that has had the FC Barcelona in this season 2023-24 has been the remarkable irruption of Héctor Fort. The Barcelonan has turned into one of the a lot of canteranos culés that, to the equal that Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsí and Fermín López, have had the option to play in the first team in this campaign, and has done it with solvency, showing have the necessary conditions to settle in the football of the First Division.

With so alone 17 years, the '39' had his big opportunity in the first team when debuting in the UEFA Ties of Champions against the Amberes (3-2) in the second turn. It played around 60 minutes like right side, showing some own errors of a juvenile that recently incorporates to the main group, but also showed a series of qualities that turn it into an active interesting and a valid option like revulsivo. This reflected in his increasing presence in the announcements of the combined Barcelona.

What anybody expected, except the visionario Xavi Hernández, was that the canterano culé could be a so effective alternative for the square of the City Condal in a position in which no had seen him act in the Barça Atlètic: the left side. In fact, of the seven commitments in which it has played with the elastic blaugrana, six have been in the left side. Equally, it has delivered two assistances and has relieved him a 'headache' to the picture culé, that has had to lidiar with several injuries.

The Barcelonan went back to have a performance 'top' like left side

An irrefutable proof of this was the last meeting between the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid. Because of a drop of last hour of Joãor Cancel, Héctor Fort had to go back to occupy the left side, confronting at all less than to the combined 'colchonero'. Had another performance memorable in the 82 minutes that was in the terrain of game, ridding a 'battle', among others, with Nahuel Molina, keeping order defensive in his band and starring stood out offensive incursions.

After this crash against the 'rojiblancos', Xavi Hernández elogió the exert of the polyvalent side, aseverando: "it Has been brilliant and this that has not played in his natural position. It is a very strong boy physically and does not complicate never, plays easy. It does not invent, it plays to what sees, attacks spaces in the ideal moment. We have been speaking with him, have done him a video because it is not his position, but can play perfectly. It is ready, plays with personality, without fear to fail. Has win of success and that is the key".

And this is precisely what stands out in Héctor Fort: the form in that it deploys his game in spite of not being in his usual position, and even without using his left-handed profile, since it is right-handed. Nevertheless, it compensates his weak points with intensity and motivation, in addition to having a remarkable explosividad and speed, in spite of being quite high, with a height of 1,85 metres. These goodnesses, that still can be pulidas, together with an improvement in appearances like the taking of decisions, could turn it into a side of first level.

The FC Barcelona will have to seal the renewal of Héctor Fort what before

For now, it would have to continue in the first team, being valuable like an active that, in principle, would have to exert in the right side, where the FC Barcelona does not have abundance of names, but because of the circumstances and to his versatility, has stood out notably in the left side. It is valid for both positions, and like this is as they consider it in the picture of the City Condal, where already would have to begin to work in his renewal, since his agreement with the club expires in 2025.

This pact would have to include an improvement salarial necessary and a clause of similar rescission to the one of the players crashes of the square culé. This would have to concretise when the Barcelonan fulfil the 18 years and can sign his first professional agreement.