Barcelona prepare themselves to partake in the upcoming clashes against some of Europe’s finest sides in their pre-season tour of the United States of America. La Blaugrana will see this as a great opportunity to get a feel of untested waters with the new recruits they have managed to integrate within the team.
While the possible inclusion of these new signings as well as returning loanees within the team sheets is sure to excite Barcelona fans around the world, there exist other possible appearances as well that could potentially excite fans.
The inclusion of promising youngsters such as Marc Casado within the team alongside others like Lamine Yamal is sure to spice up proceedings, given that Casado was also a part of the parallel tour that took place last summer as well and impressed under Xavi Hernandez.
Yet, a particular player not included within the squad list headed to the United States of America is prodigious midfield talent Pau Prim, who according to Spanish outlet SPORT, Xavi considers to be the closest thing Barcelona possess to Sergio Busquets stylistically from within their academy, and a player who impressed against Vissel Kobe in an earlier friendly as well.
While the Catalan club has brought in Oriol Romeu as a short-term replacement for the departed Sergio Busquets, Xavi, and co. are fully aware of the need to assess the future possibilities of the central defensive midfield position and the 17-year-old Pau Prim is a very story candidate.
In all likelihood, the player will not be joining the first team as a permanent member any time soon and instead will be left to develop within the subsidiary, as Xavi believes the Barcelona product still needs to grow in terms of his understanding of the game, but he possesses the innate technical abilities to excel once he manages to do so.
