Barcelona wonderkid, Ebrima Tunkara could make his Champions League debut for the club against Newcastle United on Thursday night.
The highly-rated attacking midfielder who is being tipped as the Blaugrana’s best academy prospect since Lamine Yamal has travelled with the squad for their Champions League clash at the St. James’ Park.
Tunkara, 15, has emerged as one of La Masia’s most promising young players since joining the team in 2018 under the supervision of former academy director Albert Puig.
Piug Rates Tunkara Highly
In fact, Puig recently mentioned Yamal as he spoke about Tunkara’s rise. “Lamine made you win the games on his own because he made it up himself. He was touched by the wand of geniuses,” he told SPORT.
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“Ebrima is different, but having him on the pitch makes things a lot easier for others. He gave you a guarantee that he improved everything and always showed up in the important games.”
Puig added: “As a coach, with Ebrima you were calm. I’ll tell you a fact: with him, in 30 league games in benjamines and 30 with infantiles we didn’t lose a single game”.
After earning his Juvenile A debut, the 15-year-old has been added to Barcelona’s Youth League squad for their match against Newcastle, indicating that things are looking good for him.
According to SPORT, the potential attacking midfielder may play for the club’s junior squad on Thursday afternoon at Newcastle’s training facility.
Tunkara is the youngest of the 43 players who traveled to the North East, as it is standard procedure for Barca’s first squad and under-19 team to use the same aircraft.
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