It happened again: FC Barcelona want back a player they released from their own academy

It is a never ending story: FC Barcelona has a hot prospect in the youth teams, he is released, the player does well and the club tries to get him back paying ridiculous fees. Gerard Piqué, Cesc Fabregas. Jordi Alba and Aleix Vidal came back in this way, and there was an interest for Dani Olmo some days ago. And now there is someone else.

This young player left Barcelona when he was 16, convinced by an offer from the Premier League. And he performed well since, good enough for FC Barcelona to have regrets again about not keeping the good players from the academy and willing to spend around 25 million euro to sign him.

The player is Hector Bellerin. The right back has just come back from a long term injury with Arsenal, but the Gunners are not doing well and this defender is a lifelong FC Barcelona fan. Joan Laporta is planning to bring him back to the Cules if he wins the election next month, according to the English paper Mirror.

Bellerin was close to a return a couple of years ago, but the teams never reached an agreement and Hector stayed at Arsenal. If the transfer happens this time, he would relegate the USMNT player Sergiño Dest to the bench, given he would sign for the club due to being the wanted by the president.