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Marc Muniesa (Spain)

A product of FC Barcelona’s thriving La Masia youth academy, Marc Muniesa is a 17-year-old defender considered by sources within the club to be the heir apparent to club captain Carles Puyol. Both strong and athletic, Muniesa can play either at centre defence or left back and has already made his first-team debut for the European champions, appearing as a substitute against Osasuna back in May. It didn’t go too well for Muniesa however. He was sent off.

That didn’t deter Pep Guardiola though and Muniesa found himself on the bench for the Champions League final a week later. A natural defender, the youngster from Lloret de Mar has a good left foot and loves to throw himself into tackles. In Nigeria Muniesa looked determined and assured at the back, though another sending off against Uruguay means he might have to work on the not getting sent off part of his game. Still, with the full backing of the club’s hierarchy and provided they can ward off persist interest from Chelsea, Marc Muniesa should be appearing more regularly at the Camp Nou pretty soon