Messi983
Senior Member
Almost none of the overhyped players who have left us as teenagers have made much out of their careers.
Cesc was the one who had the best career outside of Barca but when we brought him back he wasn't exactly what we expected/wanted.
The next one is probably Icardi who's a good player but wouldn't fit here profile wise and also seems to have personal issues. So not missing much on him leaving early either.
Olmo is also good but he needed 5-6 years of regularly playing for a dominant team in Croatian league to develop into what he's today. If he'd stay here for a few more years he probably wouldn't become as good and he'd leave years ago.
There is still a jury out on some of the players who have left recently but for all the complaining over the years in general we've managed to keep the best La Masia kids at home. And we brought some of those who have left the club like Pique and Alba back for (almost) nothing and they were both very successfull here eventhough they weren't exactly set the world on fire in their previous clubs (well, Pique especially, Alba was quite good with Valencia). At least if they're compared to someone like Cesc who was amongst the best midfielders in the EPL from a very young age. Eric Garcia will probably be the next one brought back home for cheap and hopefully he could go down the same road as Pique.
