The crazy story of Chelsea midfielder’s debut as a teenager in Argentina | OneFootball

Valentin Barco’s “football firsts” have some interesting answers about his young career.

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It’s an absolute content desert out there right now, and there’s still a week of the international break to go.

Thank god for the Chelsea website then, as they drip feed us a bit of content. Today we’ve got summer signing Valentin Barco’s “football firsts,” giving us some back story on the young Argentine midfielder.

He’s only just getting settled in to life at Chelsea, but already has lots of experience under his belt.

Barco on his debut as a teenager

Valentin Barco (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

There are some interesting answers in there: his feeling on signing for Chelsea is described “such a big, huge emotion. A proud feeling.”

It’s also interesting to note that his debut came as a 16 year old, for Boca Juniors award at Union Santa Fe, when he was just 16. He’s not big now – imagine what he looked like at that age!

It’s incredible to be playing at that age for a team where there is so much pressure on you. It shows how tough youngsters like Barco who have come through the youth ranks in Argentina are, and where that ultra competitive fighting spirit comes from.

In other news…

Reggie Watson has won the PL2 player of the month award for September after a sensational start to the season for Cobham Next Gen.

We’ve predicted Chelsea’s team to face Portsmouth in a friendly tomorrow – Watson could certainly feature in the game at some point.