Top 10 active Barcelona graduates ranked based on their market value.
There is no doubt in any aspiring footballer’s mind that graduating from the famed Barcelona academy, La Masia, will set you up for a successful career.
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Over the years, Barca’s youth academy has been responsible for producing some of the greatest footballers to ever play the sport, who went on to win many World Cups, Champions League trophies, and multiple Ballon d’Or awards.
Almost every club in the world, especially the ones at the top of the game, have an academy but not many have a reputation similar to that of the Catalans. The famous school has produced generation-defining talents who have inspired special career paths for aspiring athletes.
La Masia is unique as it develops players from a very young age to have the mentality and culture that matches their philosophy that helps him become a great fit for the club’s first-team. Catalan for ‘The Farmhouse’, La Masia has hosted multiple talented youngsters to educate them based on the Blaugrana philosophy of ‘Mes que un club- More than a club’.
"Former Barca graduate, player and coach, Pep Guardiola, describer it as “The player who has passed through La Masia has something different to the rest, it’s a plus that only comes from having competed in a Barcelona shirt from the time you were a child.” Source Goal"
Here are the top 10 active Barcelona graduates ranked based on their current market value (Transfermarkt) and how they have progressed over the years with or without the club.
#10. Sergio Busquets (Age: 31 | Market Value: €28m)
One of the best Central defending midfielders in the world, Busquets at the age of 31 is still a vital part of the way Barca plays without whom the club has shown clear signs of struggle as they find it difficult to make their system work with any other player. Frenkie de Jong is currently playing as a center midfielder but has been predicted to take over Busquets’s role once the Spaniard retires.