La Liga: Barcelona wonderkid Yusuf Demir becomes the youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi
La Liga: Barcelona wonder kid Yusuf Demir becomes the youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi- With a debt of $1.6 billion, FC…
La Liga: Barcelona wonder kid Yusuf Demir becomes the youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi- With a debt of $1.6 billion, FC Barcelona is set to rely on the young talent that it has. While Pedri, 18 has impressed so far, another youngster from Austria- Yusuf Demir has become the youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi. He made his debut for the Spanish giants in a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao over the weekend.
With a young core of players like Ansu Fati, Pedri, Yusuf Demir, Riqui Puig, and more, they are set to rely on the young core in both domestic and European competitions.
La Liga: Yusuf Demir’s contract situation
The 18-year-old wide man is at Barcelona on loan from Rapid Vienna. His deal includes a £9million option to buy next summer.
👏 Official debut for @yusufdemir_10 🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/Kq1L0n0NRx
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 21, 2021
“Demir has had a hard time in the big San Mames stadium because he’s still very young,” the Dutch coach said after the game. “But it is very good for him to have made his debut here to begin to adapt to football of this level.“
La Liga: Barcelona wonder kid Yusuf Demir becomes the youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi
Where did Yusuf Demir come from?
Yusuf Demir was born in Vienna. He was signed by Rapid Vienna in 2013 when he was just 10 years old. He made his debut as a 17-year-old in the Austrian league.
Scouts from Inter Milan, Dortmund, and Salzburg had eyes on him and wanted to bring him their clubs. However, Demir only wanted to play for FC Barcelona.
“I only want to play for Barcelona,” he reportedly told his bosses, as per Mundo Deportivo. Demir played 31 games and was then loaned to FC Barcelona. With the huge debt in place, they could not afford to buy the youngster.
La Liga: Barcelona wonderkid Yusuf Demir becomes the youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi
