Like this it was the route of Yusuf Demir from the Rapid of Vienna to the FC Barcelona

Yusuf Demir Was one of the big novelties that entered Ronald Koeman in the first eleven of the pre-season in the friendly against the Gimnàstic of Tarragona. The Austrian, flamante new signing of the FC Barcelona B, split from the right side with a lot of mobility and left several interesting details. Although it did not mark, it went of the best of the group barcelonista in the first-half, in this meeting that defined by goleada in the second part thanks to the 'hat-trick' of Rey Manaj and another so much of Álex Hill for the 4-0 in favour of the culés.

As it relates the journalist Ferran Martínez, the signing of Demir cooked " to slow fire" by part of the Catalan entity, which always has believed in the enormous talent of the Austrian of so alone 17 years of age. His arrival to the City Condal was possible through a conveyance with option to buy, that afterwards of several attempts from September of 2020, the Rapid of Vienna approved.

"It was then when it called the attention of the technical secretary blaugrana, that saw a midfield player of alone 17 years began to take out the head in the Rapid of Vienna to base of goals, assistances and a left-handed special. They began it to be followed attentively from the start of the past campaign and quickly from the Barça contacted then with his agents to convince to the player", account Martínez on how initiated the dream of Demir, the one who always had it clear: play in the FC Barcelona.

"Only I want to play in the Barça", went even the words of the young footballer to the leaders of the Rapid of Vienna, those who also had very in account that the player had to be sold yes or yes. Demir Was entado so that it accepted the proposal of the Network Bull Salzburg (with a project on a long-term basis with destination Leipzig), Borussia Dortmund or Inter of Milan, but no at all of this did it change of opinion and is thus that the past Wednesday was under the orders of Koeman.

His opportunity in the subsidiary

Yusuf Demir, the one who has surprised to the technical body and to his players to his 18 years fulfilled on 2 June, will begin in the Barça B. To the equal that many juvenile, knows that has in Koeman the opportunity to go in in dynamics of the first team, where already several canteranos are leading of the reconstruction that promotes from the offices of the Camp Nou, under the management of the president of the Barcelona, Joan Laporta.