All you need to know about La Masia: FC Barcelona’s famous football academy
LA Masia de Can Planes, more commonly known simply as La Masia (‘The Farmhouse’), is FC Barcelona’s world-class youth academy. Known as the academy which gifted world football the likes of Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi, it houses and trains over 700 boys and girls aged 11-18 at any one time. Its primary aim is to produce professional footballers, and its track record is enviable. In addition to Guardiola and Messi, the likes of Xavi, Andrés Iniesta and Sergio Busquets have all passed through its doors, making it a key factor in the club’s unprecedented success both in LaLiga Santander…