La Masia is the creme-de-la-creme when it comes to producing young footballers and the 2007 crop could be its best yet.
Imagine a world in which Spain and Barcelona’s starting centre-back and right-winger were born six months apart and came through the same youth system. That’s the reality for the Spanish national team with Pau Cubarsi and Lamine Yamal.
Nineteen-year-old centre-half Cubarsi is almost certain to make Luis de la Fuente’s final 26-man squad for this summer’s World Cup, having started the vast majority of Barcelona’s matches over the past two seasons.
