Barça dedicate new museum space to La Masia The Catalan club has enstated an area in the 'Camp Nou Experience' in honour of the academy and its famous graduates and teachers
La Masia - a symbol of the youth system and DNA of Barça - has been included in the museum at the Camp Nou with its own section.
The 200 square meters area is located on the second floor of the museum and has 31 screens through which a tour of La Masia is shown along with the names of the graduates that came through its doors.
Tributes are paid to the illustrious list of Masia players and teachers, including Guillermo Amor, Josep Guardiola, Tito Vilanova, Xavi Hernandez, Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and, of course, Johan Cruyff.
Not only was the Dutchman a key protagonist of the 1992 'Dream Team' that won Barça's first European Cup, Cruyff also implemented the playing style of the club that is still present in Luis Enrique's side today.
Barca are set to double their investment from 1.25m to 2.95m in La Masia in a bid to bring improvements to their youth ranks. [dailymail]
In the new 'Masia 360' project, 16 extra tutors are being taken on to help with the education of the young players. 2 psychologists and 5 teaching assistants who will travel with youth teams whenever they travel away for more than two days at a time. [fcb] Masia 360 project will also see betterment in taxi services that'll carry young players back & forth and also chefs that cook for team [fcb]
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:17 pm
