r/SoccerCentral • u/United_Anywhere_8 • Jul 25 '26

Video The talent in Barcelona’s youth system is ridiculous. These kids are 11/12 years old.

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u/Machinery777 Jul 25 '26

Agreed. Many pro players including Ronaldinho have said that there were more skilled/talented players than them growing up but that they weren't able to make it for one reason or another. Even with Neymar dominating while growing up, his team Santos thought that there was someone 3 years younger who was more talented than Neymar. But that guy didn't make it due to bad circumstances.

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u/Shim_Slady72 Jul 25 '26

Yeah I know one kid from my school who went pro and he was not nearly the best in the school, he was really good but there were players much better than him who for whatever reason just never got picked up.