A mere five-year-old when he started playing for a local side in Hospitalet de Llobregat, on the outskirts of Barcelona, he was snapped up by the Camp Nou club three years later.

• 但是这名年轻球员很渴望能与塞斯克区分开来。“我经常被拿来和塞斯克作比较，但是就像我多次说过的那样，我们有很大的不同。