Guardiola 'steals' another youth squad from Barça: he takes Juan Larios, the future Jordi Alba, from La Masía

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has managed to convince Juan Larios, a Barcelona youth squad who is considered the future Jordi Alba. There were several Premier clubs interested in the young Barça pearl, but it was finally the citizen team that achieved the footballer’s yes, who will sign in January once he turns 16, according to the English press. Due to the limitations that Brexit may entail, Manchester City has made sure in time to have a young footballer raised in the Masía del Barcelona, Juan Larios, who is said to be the future Jordi Alba. The English team, with Pep Guardiola as coach, has managed to convince the young footballer who plays for Barcelona’s Juvenil B and has gotten ahead of other Premier League clubs, also eager to have talent in their ranks with much still to polish and all the future ahead. According to the Daily Record, Manchester City will obtain the player’s signature next January, coinciding with the time when Larios turns 16, as established by law. Barcelona did not want to do without his services and was willing to make a succulent improvement in his file but finally he had to accept the departure of one of the players in whom he had placed the greatest confidence. “We knew that Manchester City would be the club with the greatest easy for Juan to adapt to English football, since they have many Spanish players and staff, “said a source close to the player to the aforementioned newspaper. The City was not the only club in the Premier interested in the footballer, so was the rival team, Manchester United. It is not the first time that City has fished in the quarry of Barcelona.At present it also has two other homegrown players such as Eric García or Adrià Bernabé.