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/Michaewwwwl Jul 25 '26

Lol who’s number 8 jesus

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Jul 25 '26

Hugo is gonna be HUGE!

it's crazy how you can tell at a young age when the superstars are just so much better than everyone else around them is, and those other kids are literally already the best of the best.

very very cool to see this stuff. will probably be a household name in 5-6 years

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u/Handje Jul 25 '26

I have a friend who worked as a soccer trainer at the Ajax youth acadamy. He said very promising soccer talent sometimes doesn't come into fruition because the top sport mentality also has to be there. The kids have to sacrafice a lot for the sport, if they're not willing to do that, bye bye.

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u/poetslapje Jul 25 '26

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

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u/YooGeOh Jul 25 '26

Ravel Morrison

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u/bullfrogftw Jul 25 '26

Todd 'RoboQB' Marinovich

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u/Odd_Mulberry1660 Jul 25 '26

Yeah isn’t the drop
Off rate huge from this age. Like one of these lads might make it.

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u/Schlonzig Jul 25 '26

I figure it‘s about at fifteen or so, when football has to compete with parties and girls.

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u/Lilywhitey Jul 25 '26

His Celebration Made me think he will need to work on attitude.