With all reservations which recommends the age of the player, Alexander Balde (3-18-2003) is, from the doors of the Barça offices to the inside, a quarry hope with immediate future. Due to economic needs and sports prospects, the club is determined to sell to Junior Firpo. Nobody is considering, however, signing a replacement. It is in La Masia. Bucket, U-18 international, has impressed the club's technicians, who consider that the presence of Koeman, who has shown not to have complexes for give opportunities to young people, can make way for this left side which is considered a prodigy.
Although their first steps they were directed to Athletics, began to stand out in the Sant Gabriel and from there it happened to Espanyol. It was only a year. In 2011, the Barça incorporated him and now he is close to fulfilling the dream of being in the first team. Like Ansu, Álex Balde has Guinean blood. His father, Saliu, is from Bissau. its mother is Dominican. Curiously, where Júnior is also originally from. The mixture is explosiveto. A footballer with African and Caribbean rhythms who is intended by half Europe but that, for the moment, is tied by the Barça. He has already trained with the first team. It wouldn't be strange to see debut shortly.