Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has said that Barcelona easily have the best youth system in the world right now.
Barcelona have produced a number of world-class players over the years. One of the most recent one who springs to the mind is Lionel Messi, who joined the club in at the age of 14.
Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has said that Barcelona easily have the best youth system in the world right now.
Barcelona have produced a number of world-class players over the years. One of the most recent one who springs to the mind is Lionel Messi, who joined the club in at the age of 14.
Lionel Messi was also part of the incredible youth team, which include the likes of Iniesta, Xavi, and Victor Valdes himself. Even after the production of players of such calibre, the Barcelona youth team has not shown any signs of weakness over the years. In fact, it has been producing an even more high-quality youngsters, who has since left to play for other clubs like Chelsea and Roma.
After seeing 20-year-old Cristian Tello score for Barcelona in the match against Real Sociedad, Victor Valdes has said that it is quite easy to see that Barcelona have the best youth system in the world right now. Isaac Cuenca and Jonathan Dos Santos where the other players who scored in this match to give Barcelona a famous victory.
Despite the presence of these highly rated youngsters, Barcelona have significantly fallen behind Real Madrid in the title race. Barcelona are now 10 points behind Real Madrid and it will be tough to close this gap from this position.
“I want to congratulate him [Tello] for his first goal with the first team. We have the best youth system in the world. It’s been a hard day, it’s very cold, but we played well. It was a very close result, the supporters were suffering because of us but we fought until the end,” the Spain international told the club’s official website.
In spite of the ever increasing gap, Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has said that he will want to fight until the league is mathematically impossible to win.
Valdes also has the European Championships to look forwards to – according to the Euro 2012 betting online sites, Spain are the hot favourites to retain their European title.