GO DEEPER The power of Barcelona’s La Masia youth academy – and why for years it was ignored “La Masia is extraordinary,” says Jordi Roura, who was director of the academy from 2014 to 2021.

La Masia is famed as being one of the best academies in world football, and that has rung true as Barcelona have won the UEFA Youth League on Monday in rather convincing fashion – their U19 side ...

Few people are better qualified to talk about La Masia than Jordi Roura and Aureli Altimira — Barcelona’s youth academy directors from 2014 to 2021. Both now aged 56, they met as Barca youth ...

FC Barcelona’s La Masia is more than just a youth academy; it’s the birthplace of a philosophy, a playing style, and a sporting legacy. Since its founding in the late 1970s, La Masia has ...

LEGEND of La Masia | How Barcelona's youth academy cranks out some of Europe's top stars - Scoreline From Xavi and Puyol, to Lionel Messi and now Lamine Yamal, Barcelona unquestionably knows how ...

Former La Masia chief Xavi Vilajoana has been talking about some of these players and revealed which youngster he would have kept “at any price.” “Nico Gonzalez.

Barcelona's La Masia is one of, if not the best, soccer academies in Spain. Barcelona is on fire this season. And, if we didn’t need reminding, one of the reasons for the upward curve is the ...

The 17-year-old Yamal is now of the most prominent players for Barcelona. Yamal just like Messi, is a product of Barça’s La Masia youth academy.