Have Barcelona Found Their Busquets Replacement? | #laliga #barcelona

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Hansi Flick gave two La Masia graduates their debuts against Valencia on the opening weekend of the season. Could they finally fill the Sergio Busquets-shaped hole in their midfield?

JJ Bull takes a look 🧠

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[TheAthleticFC]

Where do you think Barcelona will finish this season?

[kingj]

I’d love to see how well Sergio Busquets could coach a team.

[FejiroUmukoroO.B.E.]

La masia is the real reason why this club has always stood

Marc bernal is absolute madness in fm24 exactly on that role

[redbaron]

Great to see Barca at least have a future in spite of their garbage management(unlike Chelsea)

[kculhdz]

Finding a single Pivot cdm is a gem I hope they can use him and develop him can u also make a video of how would dani olmo fit barca

[Mersey]

Although barca are forced to do this because of their finacial conditions but it is good to see so many young players from acadamy coming up for 1st team which teams hardly do in premier league .

[froodlenoodle]

busquets is just really, really, really good

[Foxtrot]

And shocking no one Barca have already got him injured.

[archaicrapture]

Real Madrid having a star team & Barcelona just popped kids from La Masia 😭😭😭

[SolankeLFC]

Love how Gavi and Pedri were meant to be the future of Barca's midfield 😂

[HumphreysTactico]

La Masia has pretty much become like a get-out-of-jail-free card for Barcelona

[yourannoyingness]

Until they burn both academy graduates out by overplaying them until they become injury prone.

[mastri]

Barcelona should be like Ajax or Benfica and just focus on their academy. Develop these players for few years and sell them for huge profit. Do this for 10 years until their finances are in check and they won’t be broke anymore.

[BoccaBeats]

And ironically he's already injured lmao

[SpringsteenRecordings]

Love the William Morris design Walthamstow shirt

[fingaynor]

I was luckily on holiday in Valencia for this game, the holding mid was the best player on the pitch along with raphina completely controlled the game

[bigrandomun]

La Masia has always been the best place for Barcelona to find talent. Because they grow up playing in the Barca way, they’re way more accustomed to it. The only issue is that they have too many top talents and if they don’t sell, not many get into the team as they are now.

[d.s]

La Masia just spawns generational talents wtf

[mukeshsaxena]

And then there is the ACL injury, we are cursed.