Made in La Masia - From Lionel Messi to Cesc Fabregas Part 2

CESC FABREGASAge: 24Position: MidfielderCountry: Spain (58 caps, 4 goals) Career apps: 303 games (57 goals)Barca apps*: -Trophies at Barca: -La Masia fact: Fabregas idolised Pep Guardiola, who once told him: "One day, you'll be Barcelona's No. 4."Cesc Fabregas is the only player on this list to have never played a first-team game for Barcelona, but...

Made in La Masia - From Lionel Messi to Cesc Fabregas Part 1

It was more than just a youth academy. Barcelona opened La Masia in the late 1970s on the advice of departing player Johan Cruyff. The Dutchman had been successful at Barca, but the Catalan club was still living in the shadows of fierce rivals Real Madrid. So Cruyff told incoming president Josep Lluis Nunez that to compete with the capital giants,...