A huge part of FC Barcelona’s recent success has once again been the talent coming through from the youth ranks at La Masia. For a brief time after the golden period, there appeared to be a lull in ...

In October 2008, in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Belgium, Iniesta scored the equaliser after the Belgians had ...

A remarkable statistic, highlighting the influence of Barcelona’s academy on the gold medal won by Spain at the Olympic Games, has today come to the fore online. Spain, of course, are fresh off ...

Put FC Barcelona and Chelsea next to each other on a summer transfer window graphic in the past few years, and you do not ...

Barcelona's famed La Masia academy has long been the envy of every other top club in Europe, and for good reason. It has ...

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona coach Xavi knows from his own experience that taking a chance on youngsters at the club’s famous La Masia soccer academy usually pays off. Xavi himself was a member of the ...

The Catalan youth academy has produced World Cup winners, Champions League heroes and a five-time Ballon d'Or icon Football academies exist at almost every club, particularly at the elite level, but ...

The La Masia academy has produced plenty of world-class stars over the years, although some of them have forged a successful career away from Barcelona. Barcelona are renowned for giving their ...

MADRID — The La Masia youth academy keeps churning out talent for Barcelona. Yet another youngster from the club’s famed youth system has impressed when called upon to take a prominent role with the ...

Barcelona's La Masia academy was considered by many as the driving force behind the all-conquering team of the late noughties and early 2010s. Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Lionel Messi ...