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Ila Moriba’s missed opportunity

Barcelona“We will bet on La Masia, which will allow us to execute the model we want.” Towards the end of the marathon press conference he gave at the Camp Nou on Monday, Joan Laporta made it clear where he wants to direct sports planning in times of crisis. Barça’s formative football, recognized worldwide thanks to the talent of figures such as Leo Messi, Carles Puyol and Andrés Iniesta, will, according to the Catalan president, play a key role in the reconstruction of the club. Beyond the argument of identity, the solution of the house is imposed by an economic issue and is postulated to repair the drift of a few years marked by negligence and dubious signings.

Laporta’s kind speech with La Masia is heavenly music for Nico González, Pablo Gavi and Alejandro Balde, pearls of the plant that have convinced Ronald Koeman in the preseason. Also for Yusuf Demir, another young man acquired by scouting, or even for Riqui Puig, who despite the little case the coach gives him insists on staying at Barça. On the other hand, the context of opportunity does not smile on Álex Collado, ex-captain of the subsidiary who agrees that he will have to look for minutes away from the Camp Nou, nor on Ilaix Moriba, who has gone from being a strategic piece in the sporting future of the entity to see one step away from living an entire campaign in the purest ostracism.

Because, unlike Puig i Collado, the Spanish-Guinean has already surpassed the screen of the coach’s criteria. By virtue of the irruption he starred in in the second leg of last season, he had already earned a place in Koeman’s plans, making him the first soft drink in midfield. Ilaix is, therefore, in contradiction to see that to play for Barça he has to make more efforts to convince his father and his agents than the coaches of the first team. With 18 years and the whole career ahead, the midfielder is on the verge of missing an ideal moment to show his potential due to the ambition of those who advise him, who have put astronomical conditions (almost three million a year) to renew it beyond 2022, which is when contract ends.

Barça do not shy away from the pulse, keep the player in the branch and threaten to endure the measure all year if, as he suspects, his intention is to go free next summer to receive a juicy signing bonus. For now, more than the contractual extension, the alternative to this unconstructive solution is to get an offer to unclog everything before the market closes. The problem, as ARA has learned, is that none of the proposals that have reached the sports management exceed five million euros, when the will, put to lose a future value, is to enter three times month. There is no clear sky on the horizon of Ilaix, a pearl in fallow for business reasons, away from a present that belonged to him.

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