Riqui Puig scores his first goal for Barcelona against Elche!
Madrid, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): Riqui Puig scored his first goal for Barcelona against Elche last weekend after being circled as one of the world’s most exciting talents almost a decade ago.
In 2014, the Barcelona newspaper Mundo Deportivo revelled in the 14-year-old born in Catalonia, who knew Xavi Hernandez personally and might even one day play like him.
“He’s a great little footballer,” the Catalan newspaper wrote. “He plays between the lines and he’s got fantastic talent. Just as fantastic as his personality.”
In the same year, Martin Odegaard, only a year older than Puig, was already representing Norway and being shown around Real Madrid’s training ground, not because he had joined them but because they were trying to persuade him to.
“Martin Odegaard is 15 years old and already tired,” wrote Marca. “Of hearing offers from all the big clubs in Europe.”
And yet seven years later, Puig was being substituted on Wednesday by Ronald Koeman with Barca 1-0 down to Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey.
Odegaard was being shown around another training ground this week, this time in Hertfordshire in England, where he joined Arsenal on loan.
“Martin has been playing at the top level for a while,” read Arsenal’s statement.
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