Sergio Garcia
Garcia had a great record at Barcelona B scoring 34 goals in 60 appearances however he found his chances at the senior team limited and thus left Barcelona for Levante on loan and then switched to Zaragoza following a permanent move in 2005. Garcia was linked to many Premier League clubs like Liverpool and Spurs but those deals never materialized for Garcia who currently plays for Espanyol now.
Thiago Alcantara
Thiago Alcantara is a player possessing the flair like the Barcelona great Ronaldinho with the added ability to make killer passes , a trait embedded into every La Masia player. Thiago burst onto the scene in early 2010 and looked to become a great at Barcelona. His performances in the succeeding friendlies were highly appreciated as he scored a great goal vs Manchester United in friendly.
Thiago’s growth was stunted by constant injuries which stopped him from getting a good number of games especially in the 2010-11 season. Thiago currently is playing for Bayern under Pep Guardiola and is currently injured with a knee injury.
Gui Assulin
Gai Assulin was the youngest player to play for the Israel national team at the tender age of just 16. He joined Barcelona at the age of 12 and a lot was expected from him. Assulin is good at dribbling and possesses a great ball control. However his development was stunted due to injuries and joined Manchester City in 2010 after failing to make a single league appearance for Barca.
Gai didn’t have much luck at city either and now plays for Mallorca in La Liga.
Giovani dos Santos
Giovani dos Santos was and is still now considered as a player who plays well for his country but fails to replicate the same performances for his club. Dos Santos had won the Bronze ball in the U 20 World Cup in 2007 and the silver ball in the 2005 U 17 World Cup and thus had a huge potential to fulfill at Barcelona however he managed to last for only one season before moving to Tottenham Hotspurs in 2008 where he played 15 PL games without getting into the scoresheet once.
Giovani currently plays for Villarreal in La Liga scoring 11 goals in 32 games.
Bojan Krkic
Out of all the La Masia graduates, none have been a bigger disappointment than Bojan. Aged 17 years, seven months and four days, Bojan scored his first goal for Barcelona, becoming the youngest player to score for them , breaking the record previously held by none other than Lionel Messi.
Bojan has almost everything to succeed at Barcelona with great skill, dribbling, pace and even the genes as he is a distant cousin of Barca’s best player Lionel Messi! But alas! the young Bojan couldn’t cope up with the high expectations and fell down the pecking order at Barcelona and consequently left the club for Roma in 2011 and is now plying his trade in the Premier League Playing for Stoke CityEven in spite of producing players who didn’t quite make the mark in football, La Masia is one of the best football academies in the world and produces fine quality footballer who have traits of ball control, dribbling and an eye for a perfect pass embedded into them. Take a look at the top 5 players from La Masia who can become top class players in the future .
