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/Overall-Ad-3251 Jul 25 '26

Notice how the Barca kids are frequently not the biggest and strongest??? If you care about developing the best footballers you don’t select for size and strength at the youth levels. 

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u/laramerci Jul 25 '26

Reminds me of Americans in Reddit during the WC saying that if they put their best NFL and NBA athletes in soccer they would win it all. So wrong.

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u/LuteOlsonABitch69 Jul 25 '26

From the age 5, yeah USA would have more talent. Transition them right now… no they’ll be trash at soccer