Barcelona Target: Slovenian Starlet & Spain Potential

The future belongs to the youth. This is also the case at Club Brugge, where a number of youngsters are allowed to participate in a winter internship. Will one of them also join the A-team in the coming months? It could just be possible, because there is a lot of belief in them.

Will we see a number of absolute youngsters playing minutes at Club Brugge in 2026? It could just be possible, because three youngsters were already allowed to go on a winter internship to Marbella and that could well be a sign of the future.

Club talents: 48 matches experience at Club NXT and together 52 years young

Jesse Bisiwu was also there in the summer for Club Brugge, then in London. The youth international is known as a top talent and is reportedly being followed by FC Barcelona. Breaking through at Club Brugge could still be preferable at the moment. He will be sidelined for the winter training due to a minor injury.

With 16-year-old Tian Nai Koren, they also have the greatest talent in Slovenia at blue-black. He is the youngest to participate in the winter internship in Marbella and could make a quick breakthrough through the internship.

Three youngsters who can break through

It was bought from Maribor for more than a million euros and should therefore fetch many times that in the long term. And then there is left back Samuel Gomez Van Hoogen, who also has Dutch and Spanish nationality and has already been contacted by the Spanish Football Association.

The 19-year-old left back can also get a taste of working for the big boys. The three have already collected around 50 matches together at Club NXT this season and also want to be there at Club Brugge A. Gomez Van Hoogen has already played for the Belgian Cup against Eendracht Aalst.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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