DBasia.news – Barcelona coachm Ronald Koeman recommended the club to release their team’s young midfielder, Riqui Puig (21 years old), on loan.
Most recently, Puig was not involved by Koeman when Barca defeated Elche 1-0 at Camp Nou at the Trofeo Joan Gamper event, Sunday (20/9) am, WIB.
Barca’s winning goal was scored by Antoine Griezmann in the second minute after striking Jordi Alba’s low cross.
Koeman mentioned that Puig should be part of his plans, the young La Masia player must look for short-term opportunities at other clubs.
“I have told [Riqui Puig] that he has a future here, but it all depends on the player himself,” said Koeman, as quoted by Marca.
“I would recommend that he be loaned to another club first.”
“At the age of 20, young players has to play regularly. They can’t be trapped for a certain period of time. “
“We have three weeks [before the transfer market closes on October 5] and we have competition [between players],” he added.
Puig has made his competitive debut in the Barcelona first team since December 2018, or in the era of Ernesto Valverde’s coaching.
At that time, Puig immediately made an assist when Barcelona defeated Segunda Division B club, Cultural Leonesa 4-1 in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey at the Camp Nou.
Last season, Puig appeared 11 times in LaLiga, five of which were starters, and all of them occurred during the Quique Setien era.
Interestingly, Puig is one of the La Masia academy player who skyrocketed in the core squad of Barca, apart from Ansu Fati.