{"id":102,"date":"2023-07-10T08:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T05:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2023-07-10T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T05:43:20","slug":"barcelona-identify-la-masia-gem-as-sergio-busquets-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona identify La Masia gem as Sergio Busquets\u2019 replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an enchanting spell in Europe, Sergio Busquets bid Barcelona goodbye towards the end of last season. The veteran is set for a reunion with Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba at Inter Miami, but the Catalans are still far from filling the void he left.<\/p>\n<p>The offices at Spotify Camp Nou are scampering to find a short-term replacement for the defensive midfielder. After their pursuits for Joshua Kimmich, Martin Zubimendi, and Marcelo Brozovic bore no fruit, they now eye Girona\u2019s Oriol Romeu as their best bet.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/oriol-romeu-dulce-relevo-pivote-89662823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPORT<\/a>, Xavi Hernandez and Co. are simultaneously planning ahead for the medium term. Of the various option on their table, the name Pau Prim has generated the most consensus to take over the mantle in defensive midfield looking ahead.<\/p>\n<p>At just 17 years of age, the La Masia star is far from making the full-time transition to the first team as the new pivot. However, he is the club\u2019s closest bet to carry forward Busquets\u2019 legacy, at least in terms of profile.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years at La Masia, Prim has made himself known to be an able orchestrator of play from deep-lying areas. His natural ability to dictate the tempo of the game makes him the ideal choice to anchor the team while his strong technical ability on the ball tailors him for Barcelona\u2019s possession style.<\/p>\n<p>For the more immediate future, however, the manager hangs his hope on Oriol Romeu to do the job. Reports state that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/deco-has-doubts-about-e8-million-rated-barcelona-target-but-xavi-wants-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deco is not convinced<\/a>\u00a0by the player\u2019s quality, but Barcelona do not find themselves with the luxury of choosing.<\/p>\n<p>Prim has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/xavi-has-called-up-11-barcelona-youngsters-for-pre-season-training-on-monday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called up for pre-season<\/a>\u00a0training under Xavi Hernandez starting from tomorrow, and it remains to be seen if he makes the cut to travel to the USA. After all, the Catalans are not strangers to teenage stars taking control of midfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an enchanting spell in Europe, Sergio Busquets bid Barcelona goodbye towards the end of last season. The veteran is set for a reunion with Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba at Inter Miami, but the Catalans are still far from filling the void he left. The offices at Spotify Camp Nou are scampering to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barcelona identify La Masia gem as Sergio Busquets\u2019 replacement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=102\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barcelona identify La Masia gem as Sergio Busquets\u2019 replacement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After an enchanting spell in Europe, Sergio Busquets bid Barcelona goodbye towards the end of last season. 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