Barcelona’s ‘next Dro’ set to continue with first-team after La Liga debut | OneFootball

Tommy Marques became one of the talking points of Barcelona’s recent win over Mallorca as he made his first-team debut.

A defensive midfielder by trade, Marques appeared as a late substitute, playing the final six minutes of the game.

However, as things stand, it wasn’t a one-off, and it seems Barcelona have plans with Marques as the club once again look at La Masia to fill the gaps.

Marques to continue with the first team

As reported by The Touchline, Marques will continue with the first team following his La Liga debut against Mallorca this weekend.

It appears the player enjoys much support from Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, who ‘loves’ the young defensive midfielder.

Flick wants to keep monitoring the youngster closely as the club want to make him the next ‘Dro’, who made headlines last month by leaving Barcelona and joining Paris Saint-Germain.

Marques is liked by Hansi Flick. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Following the departure of ‘Dro’, Marques has emerged as the next big La Masia talent identified by Barcelona.

Therefore, the club want him to get some minutes with the first team, particularly given the fact that he is tactically versatile and is technically gifted enough to thrive under Flick’s setup.

However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that game time will be guaranteed for young Marques, who still has to face stiff competition from the likes of Marc Casado, Frenkie de Jong and now Marc Bernal for a place in the starting eleven.

Bernal notably scored a confidence-boosting goal against Mallorca and is likely to see some more action in the coming matches, whereas Casado, too, has been seeing a lot of action lately.

Against this backdrop, it will be interesting to see whether or not Marques can make a breakthrough during the second half of the season.