Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde has come in for some big praise from the club’s former defender Sylvinho.
Balde has impressed this season and seems to be Xavi’s preferred choice at the moment, ahead of both Jordi Alba and Marcos Alonso in the reckoning.
Sylvinho says Balde has what it takes to play for the Catalan giants for a very long time.
”He is a good player, fast and very young and he knows very well what it means to be a young Barça player,” he said.
“He is very powerful, very fast, I like him a lot.