All the rumours, all the facts
Over the past two days several youth players have joined the training sessions of the first team.
Catalan sports paper Sport gives today an introduction to the seven Juvenil A players who could be promoted to Barcelona Atlètic:
Marc Bartra
Powerful centre-back, good positing, strong in the air.
Rubén Rochina
Natural born scorer. Opportunistic and a good free kick taker.
Martín Montoya (picture, on the right)
Fast and technical right back defender, who can create danger going forward.
David Alvarez "Polaco" (picture, on the left)
Hard-working and ambitious player who can play in midfield and as left back defender.
José Luis Gómez
Right winger, good at one-on-one situations, scores easily.
Ilie Sánchez
Midfielder who reads the game well.
Sergio Maestre
Physical midfielder, good left foot.
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Dalmau, Planas and Riverola started the pre-season with Barcelona Atlètic (Dalmau already started his pre-season one week earlier with the first team) but have now returned to Juvenil A. Romeu will join in today and it's still not clear what will happen with Muniesa and Jonathan. So in the end, ten players could be promoted from Juvenil A to Barcelona Atlètic this season.
Read more:
Barcelona's Spanish U-17 stars
Barça B: Pre-season test for seven Juvenil players
Catalan paper Sport claims seven Juvenil players will have a pre-season test with Barça Atlètic. They include Bolanos, Carles Planas, Polaco, Ilie, Jose Luis, Maestre, and Riverola Bartra.
If the trial is successful, the player would stay with Barça Atlètic for the upcoming season. Otherwise, the player could continue for Barcelona in Juvenil A or would have to seek a new club in case he cannot return to the Juvenil A team because he's too old.
Read more:
Youth: New Juvenil A coach appointed
La Masia : Where Champions are Made
Catalan sports paper Sport claims that seven Juvenil A players will be promoted to Barcelona Atlètic next season:
central defender Marc Muniesa (17), left back defender Planas (18), defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu (17), midfielder Polaco (19), attacking midfielder Jonathan dos Santos (19 - picture), winger José Luis (18) and centre forward Rubén Rochina (18).
The paper claims that Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola is closely following Muniesa and Jonathan, the brother of former Barcelona player Giovani. Besides the seven mentioned players, three other players would start the pre-season with the B-team and might stay depending upon their performances: right back defender Martín Montoya (18), midfielder Maestre (18) and wing attacker Ilie (18).
Read more:
Barcelona's Spanish U-17 Stars
Barça B: An introduction to Ruben Rochina
English and Italian clubs monitoring Barça youth
Hleb noticed some problems in his right thigh during this morning's training session and is left out as precaution. Touré, Abidal and Milito are injured. Puyol and Iniesta got the green light today and are available. Jorquera and Víctor Sánchez are not included in the list.
All international returned to Barcelona. Henry, Gudjohnsen, Busquets, Bojan, Piqué and Xavi trained yesterday, while Hleb, Messi and Cáceres joined in today. Alves couldn't make it for this morning's training session and will train on his own this afternoon. Barcelona Juvenil A players Alex Bolaños, Ilie and Jonathan dos Santos trained with the first team today.
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