BarcelonaErnesto Valverde fell in love with Junior Firpo in November 2018. He was in a Barça-Betis match that ended in a 3-4 defeat for Barça and the winger, who was only 17 at the time, doing an exhibition at the Camp Nou , scoring even the first goal of the match. Both the coaching staff and the Barça sports secretariat thought that the young Dominican footballer could be “someone who could compete for the title with Jordi Alba”. Two seasons after signing for Barça, Junior leaves through the back door, having played a not at all brilliant role in Barcelona. He signed for English side Leeds United in exchange for 15 million euros. Barça are only reserving 20% of a future sale to a third club.
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