{"id":243,"date":"2023-08-05T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-08-05T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T13:14:11","slug":"four-barcelona-academy-talents-will-continue-under-xavis-command-in-the-first-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barcelona.stad10.com\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Four Barcelona academy talents will continue under Xavi\u2019s command in the first team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona returned to their home comforts from their pre-season camp in the United States of America earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning, manager Xavi Hernandez gave the team a break until Sunday when the players will resume training before the season starts.<\/p>\n<p>And as per\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20230805\/1002047980\/4-canteranos-siguen-entrenando-xavi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a><\/em>, four of the seven academy youngsters who had travelled to the USA will continue under Xavi\u2019s command in the first-team dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>The Barcelona boss had taken seven young prospects with the senior team to the USA \u2013 Lamine Yamal, Aleix Garrido, Fermin Lopez, Ander Astralaga, Alex Valle, Mikayil Faye, and Marc Casado.<\/p>\n<p>Among those, though, three of them \u2013 Garrido, Casado, and Faye, are already back training with Bar\u00e7a Atletic under Rafa Marquez.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the report indicates that Lopez, Yamal, Valle, and Astalaga will continue with the senior team for the rest of the pre-season before the campaign begins and possibly even after that.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was bound to earn a spot in the first-team plans after his impressive displays in pre-season, in particular against Real Madrid, when he scored a fine goal.<\/p>\n<p>As for Yamal, it has been long known that the 16-year-old was going to be a part of Xavi\u2019s plans and Ousmane Dembele\u2019s imminent departure means that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-ready-to-bet-on-academy-jewel-will-not-sign-a-winger-to-replace-dembele\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">academy prodigy is set for an increased role<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Astralaga, the youngster is set to become the third-choice goalkeeper with the first team now that Arnau Tenas has left for PSG.<\/p>\n<p>As for Alex Valle, it has been previously reported that the left-back\u2019s time with Bar\u00e7a Atletic is at an end and that he will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/19-year-old-barcelona-starlet-will-leave-on-loan-if-not-included-in-first-team-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">either be in the first-team dynamics or leave on loan<\/a>. 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