The future is open with Barca

Yamal (right) is a symbol of Barca's rebirth - Photo: REUTERS

Early morning of May 16 (Vietnam time), Barca defeated Espanyol 2-0, thereby winning La Liga 2 rounds early. A championship that promises to open a glorious era for the Camp Nou team, similar to the 2008 - 2015 period of Messi's generation.

True power in the world of top-flight football is not determined by just one or two trophies. Especially in La Liga, where the championship race generally revolves around three names: Real Madrid, Barca, Atletico Madrid. Two years ago, Barca also won La Liga because Real Madrid lost focus. But at this moment, it feels like Real Madrid has been forced to chase Barca.

Four years ago, Barca fell into the abyss of financial crisis with a debt of more than 1 billion euros. They were forced to let Messi go to free up part of the salary fund, followed by the policy of "selling whatever is possible".

For 3 years, Barca became a laughing stock for the world when they had to rent out their home stadium for weddings and sell the grass on the pitch. At the same time, they continuously sold image rights to have a budget for football.

From a professional perspective, Barca can only approach stars whose contracts have expired, using their reputation to convince them. The result is a series of makeshift deals. Barca successively brought in Depay, Kessie, Christensen, Bellerin, Alonso, Gundogan, Cancelo - players whose board of directors did not care whether they were suitable for the team or not, as long as they were free. A small group of them relatively met expectations, such as Christensen or Depay.

But for a team as powerful as Barca, after a period of decline, there is often a period of prosperity. Indeed, the appearance of the prodigy Yamal symbolized the rise of the La Masia training academy. And Barca was revived once again.

A total of 17 La Masia graduates have featured for Barca's first team this season - a record number indeed. Many of them even started the season in the reserves, such as Hector Fort and Gerard Martin.

But then they rose dramatically to become the pillars of the team. This number 17 does not even include Pedri, who joined Barca at the age of 17 (still considered to be trained by the team).

Except for Olmo, who is 27 years old this year, all the remaining academy players are 23 years old or younger. Their transfer value is therefore extremely high. If there are financial difficulties, Barca now only needs to sell one of the young stars to easily earn hundreds of millions of euros.

But perhaps this is not necessary, as the club's management has succeeded in reducing the debt to less than half a billion euros.

All of which symbolizes one truth: the great Barca is reborn, and the future is in their hands.

HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tuong-lai-rong-mo-voi-barca-20250517101940941.htm