Barça move for Dany Freire: will sign after turning 16

FC Barcelona has already decided to sign 15-year-old Dany Freire, a Portuguese player who spent this summer on trial with the club’s academy, according to Mundo Deportivo. After just a few days of ‘stage’ with the youth teams at Vall d’en Bas, Barça moved forward with the move and plans to finalize it over the next few days.

Trial with Barça’s setup

The delay, the article says, comes from a simple rule: as a foreign player, Freire can’t sign until he turns 16. He reaches that age this Saturday, which is when the club is expected to make the deal official.

Freire will be among the last international signings for Barça’s youth system. He is set to join the Juvenil B under Cesc Bosch, after training with him and featuring in some friendlies in recent weeks. Born in Portugal, he moved as a child to Luxembourg, where he played last season for Racing FC Union.

International pedigree and preseason output

Mundo Deportivo adds that Freire has international experience in lower categories. After time with Luxembourg youth ranks, from last year he has been competing for Portugal U-15, and more recently trained with the U-17. The article also notes that, as an international, he even crossed paths with Cristiano Ronaldo’s son.

During preseason tournaments, his early impressions were backed up in matches: he scored three goals, was MVP, and won a Clásico against Real Madrid. The final step now depends on turning 16 this Saturday, as Mundo Deportivo reports.