Like Xavi, Gavi is a Spanish player who currently plays for FC Barcelona. Considering Gavi has only played a handful of times in his footballing career it is crazy to suggest that he will become a club legend like Xavi, however there are many similarities in their style of football.
This 17 year old wonderkid shot onto the scene this season, 2021-2022, after being called up to Ronald Koeman’s senior squad for Barcelona. He has made 7 appearances in La Liga so far and is looking to follow in Pedri’s steps to play more and more football for the Catalan giants. Unbelievably only after these few appearances, he was called up to the Spanish national team squad, and became the youngest player to ever represent Spain in the senior team. He started the game on his first call up, and was picked in a high pressure situation. The game was against Italy in the semi-final of the Nations League, what a great moment for the young man.
Having only watched him play in 3 games, it is difficult to describe his style of play in lots of detail, however it is clear why critics are comparing him to Xavi. The way that they are both box-to-box players and have a great range of passing shows the importance he has to the team already. Personally, I loved how aggressive he was against Italy, he didn’t fear the occasion and got stuck into the Italy players which I loved to see. Although he is very new onto the footballing scene, it is very clear on why this young man is a bright prospect for both his club and country for years to come.
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