Oh ye of little faith!
It wasn’t that long ago when La Masia was considered all but dead and buried as one of the major facets of the success of FC Barcelona.
The production line had stopped producing any young players of the required standard, the coaching philosophy had all but stagnated, and the club were seemingly going down a different route.
Yet another element of the Josep Maria Bartomeu era which almost brought the club to its knees.
Whatever any culer thinks of Joan Laporta at present - and it’s obvious that he too is a polarising character - he has helped set the wheels back in motion at the club’s academy, and it’s finally thriving once more.