Talent, dedication and patience. These three words combined together are the golden recipe for succeeding at FC Barcelona and 21-year-old Carles Aleña seems to have it all. Since Sergi Roberto’s breakthrough to the first team, no player from the club’s youth academy has been able to work up the ladder and achieve the feat of playing at the highest level alongside Lionel Messi and Co. This decline of promoting homegrown talent through the ranks of the club has translated into serious drama for the Blaugranas. For several years now, Barcelona have been the target of critiques surrounding the fact that the Catalans are more open to signing foreign players rather than concentrating their focus on talent they have right up their ally: La Masia, Barcelona’s famous youth academy.
Carles Alena’s recipe for Barcelona success
