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THE AFRICAN MARKET, ONE OF THE WEAKNESSES OF THE BARÇA

The reasons by which the Barça will follow 'betting' by the young market of Africa

Published:6/04/2024 - 20:40h

Updated:7/04/2024 - 11:20h

The FC Barcelona has spare reasons to follow looking for young stars in the African football. With the cases of Mika Faye and Mamadou Mbacke, the Barça is more than convinced in following 'betting' by this type of players to continue forming them inside the club

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The FC Barcelona follows with the intention of 'fish' young players in the African market with the purpose to continue forming them inside the institution. This plan of signings has resulted them of positive way in the last times, so much in the economic subject as in the sportive field, by what from the Barça would keep this politics and will evaluate the way for incentivarla with a lot of more resources.

A clear example is the case of Mika Faye. The footballer of Senegalese origin arrived to the group blaugrana from the second Croatian division by less than five million euros, and now, with his big level in the subsidiary, his price has shot . This ocasionó that several important teams of Europe, added to the bidding by the central youngster of 19 years. Although the club has the decision of not to sell it, the economic situation is not the best, by what to arrive a tempting offer for both parts, will study .

Also it is Mamadou Mbacke, another central of Senegal. In spite of being yielded in the club by part of Los Angeles FC, the defender is a key piece in the Barça Atlètic of Rafa Márquez and has an option of purchase of 7 million euros. To his time, the player of 21 years is being followed very closely by Xavi Hernández, that plans to follow going up it to the first team to study his conditions.

In front of these two cases, the team of the City Condal has been receiving to African players so that they test in the institution. The extreme Ibrahima Diarra and the left-handed side David Oduro left big impressions in his periods in the Ciutat Esportiva. Regarding the extreme, the player of 17 years is tied to the Barça and of not mediating unforeseen, will join to the team when it fulfil the 18 years in November.

The Barça in Africa, the Real Madrid in Brazil

The Barcelona and the Real Madrid follow ways very different. The blaugranas are very attentive to the African market, whereas the whites have been sending reclutadores so that they follow closely the football of Brazil. A proof of this is that in the last years the merengues have fichado to five Brazilians: Vinicius Jr. Rodrygo, Endrick, Militao and Reinier, and think to follow this formula that has been them giving results. On the one hand, the strong physicist of Africa, by the another, the innegable magic and quality of Brazil, are the bets of market of the two more important clubs of Spain and the world.

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