The player from Huelva was the big revelation of last season at Xavi’s Barça and his goal is, after his muscle injury, to find a place in Hansi Flick’s plans. The youth team has managed just 57 minutes so far this season.
Fermín López had a very difficult 2023-24 season. After returning from credit to Linaresfrom El Campillo He was promoted to the first team and get the love of the fans thanks to a performance that saw him play 42 games and score 11 goals in his first season in the Blaugrana’s first team.
Fermín’s breakthrough broke all the mold of the usual path La Masia’s youth players take to achieve success at the top.
The most difficult summer tree
Fermín completed an impressive summer as part of Eurocup champions Spain and the Olympic team that won the gold medal in Paris. In the Olympic Games Fermín was the best player in Santi Denia’s team and one of the best footballers in the whole tournament..
Fermín López, celebrating one of his two goals against France / EFE
After a week off, Flick showed him slowly in the first team and even participated in three games from the second day of La Liga.. ‘Fer’ only added 57 minutes between Barça’s matches against Athletic, Rayo and Valladolid.
In training with the U-21 team, the Andalusian suffered from muscle injury in the rectus femoris of the left thigh. The average sick leave period is 3 weeks.
Three parts
In Flick’s scheme Fermín López is able to play in three different positions while still being very high. His natural position would be as a midfielder, playing behind Lewandowski. This is the role that Dani Olmo had in the early days and was very successful. As a ’10’, Fermín may have the opportunity to try to shoot forward and take advantage of Lewandowski’s movement to get to the opponent’s place in the most dangerous situation.
Fermín, and Pau Víctor and Flick, in the Barça-Valladolid final / Javier Ferrandiz
The Andalusian can also have moments on the false left wingan area where Raphinha emerged acting more as an inside midfielder than as a pure winger.
In this position, Fermín can leave the high ground to Balde and be the perfect finisher for Lamine’s position and go to Dani Olmo in space.
Gavi and Fermín during training with Barça / Valentine Enriches
Fermín’s third option would be to play as a suba limit that Pedri usually lives on. The young player’s energy, pace and quality could be a breath of fresh air for a team that has lost a lot of midfield and forward. This central white space is not comparable to Fermín’s form. who has been playing with the life of the front even though he is playing in the back.
Mika Mármol and Fermín are fighting for the ball / SPORTS
The Andalusian’s ability to make surprise attacks from the second line and his tenacity to press are things that will show him the confidence of the German coach of Barça.
