La Masia’s Finest: Inaki Pena, a gem between the sticks
This post originally featured on our comprehensive world football analysis sister site, totalfootballanalysis. Barcelona have always been proud of their one of a kind style of…
Player Analysis
La Masia’s finest: Juan Miranda, the solution to Barcelona’s left-back headaches
Jordi Alba and Dani Alves have set the full-back bar so high that almost every newcomer to the club truly faces a mountain to climb.…
La Masia’s finest: Oriol Busquets, Barcelona’s next Sergio
This player analysis was first featured on our dedicated analysis site, totalfootballanalysis.com. Stop us if you have heard this somewhere before: Busquets is a La…
La Masia’s finest: Riqui Puig, the heir to Iniesta’s throne in Catalunya
Barcelona B and Atletico Levante have collected a point each in a really tough game in the Segunda Division B last Sunday. With that point…
Abel Ruiz: FC Barcelona’s Rising Starlet
This post originally featured on our comprehensive world football analysis sister site, totalfootballanalysis.com. FC Barcelona’s La Masia has produced a number of promising players in…
Is Sergio Busquets still the king of pivots?
“You watch the game, you don’t see Busquets. You watch Busquets, you see the whole game.”, were the famous words of Vicente del Bosque when…
Ernesto Valverde And The Return Of Messi Dependence
Lionel Messi is unequaled in world football. For many years now, he has staked his claim as being the greatest footballer of all time. He is…
Frenkie de Jong: Believe the hype
The Dutch production line never sleeps and the latest generation of super talents is the definite proof of that thesis. Although the Netherlands has experienced…
The Rise Of The ‘Non-Scoring’ Striker
Luis Suarez, and the Rise of the ‘Non-Scoring’ Centre-Forward Throughout football’s long and storied history, forwards have been judged by how many goals they score.…
HIGH TRANSFER FEES, INSTANT JUDGEMENT AND THE REBIRTH OF OUSMANE DEMBELE
FC Barcelona signed Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund in the aftermath of a disappointing final season under current Spanish national team manager Luis Enrique, where…