Good point. Our base age is getting incredibly low.
Must admit that I am a bit biased as I have never really seen it with Araujo. He has looked decent when I watched LP though admittedly, but when he had his droplets at Barca looked well off the level compared to Fort. But that might be a question of adaption.
Generally though, Fort as rotation for Cancelo should give him enough minutes to develop as a fullback here. At 18 he doesn't need huge first team minutes.
It is basically what we wanted Fresneda for, but Fort is way closer to the possession style fullback that Xavi initially wanted for RB.
But Fort going on loan to LP with Araujo coming here as depth? I don't generally have an issue with that either.
I'm not sure if Pimienta would go for Valle and Fort as his starting FB pairing btw as it's a little young for a LaLiga relegation battling side (though they are above that level this season, but the second may be more difficult) but it's an idea that could benefit both sides.
Alert: some ranting in my post.
I am going to be harsh, but my point is that we should plan the season with the idea of not giving Fort any minutes in 1st team as a goal, and we must not loan him to a team above Segunda level.
Being blunt, I think Barca strategy of rushing the youth is a massive failure that is going to fire back and waste most of the talents there, while making many bums gets minutes that we think they deserve.
There was a time when Mingueza was a rotation player here, and fans even liked him at some points, same for the likes of Jeffren, Tello, Cuenca, Bijan and the list goes on.
Players born in 2007 and most of those born in 2006 should have been playing in Juvenil A and getting few minutes here and there with B team, the club is trying to speed the process in a dangerous way atm and it is hurting everyone, and historically we tried this few times and it never paid well.
I want the first team to have a squad with more and more adults who aren't geriatrics, and with B teams having to fight hard to earn a chance to get minutes here, like it was before Koeman came here.
This should be one of the goals when planning the squad next season.
