5 Barcelona youth academy players who should play for the first team

#2 Wilfrid Kaptoum

Kaptoum has the backing of Enrique and could feature for Barcelona sooner rather than later (Image: Sport English)

Another youngster who has already tasted life in the first team and who has found the net whilst so doing.

Kaptoum’s candidacy for more regular employment in the senior side has the backing of Luis Enrique and others within the club. A studious midfielder, he is clearly a joy to work with and his evident delight at turning out for the Blaugrana shows in his play.

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His speed is deceptive and from a standing start particularly, he’ll leave defenders in his wake. But there is so much more to his game than pace and an eye for goal. If there wasn’t, he’d suffer the same fate as contemporaries Cristian Tello and Adama Traore.

Kaptoum is also good in the air and can be a goal threat when he ghosts in late.