Gavi's Dilemma: Why Has He Become Less Important for FC Barcelona?
15.09.26, 10:31 Updated 15.09.26, 11:37
Pol Ferré
From the very day he made his first-team debut for FC Barcelona, Gavi showed that he was a completely different kind of footballer.
While most midfielders developed at La Masia tend to stand out through their short passing, control of the game and composure on the ball, Gavi burst onto the scene like a genuine force of nature: combative, aggressive in the press, willing to fight for every loose ball and capable of bringing an energy that could spread throughout the entire stadium.
That intensity and his desire to compete for every single ball helped establish him as a starter almost from the very beginning under Ronald Koeman.
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Pol Ferré is a journalism graduate from UAB and completed an internship at Onda Cero - one of Spain's biggest radio stations - in 2026. A lifelong Culer born and raised in Barcelona, he's heavily involved in Catalonia's grassroots system as a league-winning coach managing teams for eight years, or since he was 16.