Marc Casado: The Latest La Masia Gem Making a Name for Himself at Barcelona

The 2024 Barcelona summer window came with a lot of expectations. The great Catalan club had gone trophyless and this window had to be pivotal in resurrecting them especially with the recent departure and arrival of Xavi Hernandez and Hansi Flick respectively. The window especially needed a defensive midfielder.

Barcelona were linked to defensive midfielders like Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich and Amadou Onana but by the end of the window, they had signed none of them with Kimmich remaining in his last year of contract at Bayern and Onana leaving to a fellow Premier League team in Aston Villa instead.

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This left the senior team no choice but to call upon the club’s great academy, La Masia to provide them with the defensive midfielders they need. The club took Marc Bernal and Marc Casado on their pre-season tour where both players greatly impressed.