Products of the La Masia Academy that leave from Barcelona

DBasia.news –  La Masia has been known throughout the world as one of the best world and European football academies. The product is not playing games, there are Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, and Argentine megastar, Lionel Messi.

But lately, rarely players who get knowledge from La Masia can penetrate Barcelona’s main squad. Not a few of them choose to leave for another club.

One of them is Takefusa Kubo, which currently belongs to rival club, Real Madrid. Not a few observers who call this the biggest loss for Barca.

Moments after Kubo, Barcelona again left by not just one, but three talents of La Masia. The most famous is Xavi Simons. This young talent decided to join Paris Saint-Germain.

While the other two players, Mateu Morey and Sergio Gomez decided to go and join the Bundesliga club, Borussia Dortmund.

In addition to the three young players, if you look back a similar incident happened several times. They chose to strengthen other clubs than Barcelona. Here are five of them.

1. Alejandro Grimaldo

In 2008, Grimaldo left his hometown of Valencia to enter La Masia. Grimaldo had recorded 92 appearances for five seasons with Barcelona B. In 2015 the player in the left-back position left for Benfica.

2. Hector Bellerin

As a child born in Barcelona, being able to overtake knowledge at La Masia is a pride for Hector Bellerin. The player who is currently strengthening Arsenal has been at La Masia since the age of eight. In 2011, an offer from Arsenal made Bellerin decide to move to London.

3. Antonio Sanabria

In 2009, at the age of 13, Antonio Sanabria joined La Masia. In 2012, Sanabria had the opportunity to train with the Barcelona senior team.

However, it is the highest achievement of Sanabria in Barcelona. Lapse of a year later, the Paraguay striker decided to reject the contract offer from Barcelona and chose to move to Sassuolo. Currently, Sanabria plays for Genoa as a loan player from Real Betis.

4. Cesc Fabregas

Fabregas’ career journey is unique. In 2003, he was released by Barcelona while at La Masia to Arsenal’s academy.

After racing with Arsenal, Fabregas was finally able to play with Barcelona in 2011. However, three years later, he returned to London, this time to strengthen Chelsea.

5. Takefusa Kubo

The biggest loss in Barcelona’s history. Thus the reaction of a daily in Spain when Kubo was confirmed to join Real Madrid.

For Barcelona, losing Kubo is a fatal mistake. Because they don’t want Kubo to come off. But in 2015, Barcelona proved to violate the rules regarding the recruitment of young players.

These conditions make the player nicknamed “Lionel Messi from Japan” must leave the club. Kubopun returned to Japan and joined FC Tokyo.

In the transfer market this summer, Kubo returned to Spain, but he landed at Real Madrid.