This picture. Riqui Puig He left Barca and Signed by Los Angeles Galaxy, from American Major League Soccer. Barça released a statement. player buyback and will also have 50% of a hypothetical future sale. Sign by 2025.
The midfielder from Matadepera left the Barça team, which he joined in 2013, to join the student squad. Puig’s progress at the grassroots was meteoric and he formed part of the youth team that was declared European Champion in 2018. That same year, on December 5, Riqui made his debut for Barça’s first team in a Copa del Rey match against Leonese culture. .
Puig has been a member of Barça’s first team since 2020. Neither Ernesto Valverde, nor Quique Setién, nor Ronald Koeman, nor finally a Xavi Hernandez the one who declared at the end of last season that he didn’t trust him for the new course.
The 22-year-old Riqui chose to cross the pond and try his luck in the Galaxy, where he’ll come across players like Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, Douglas Costa or former Barça player Víctor Vázquez. already old azulgrana Signed for three seasons with Los Angeles team, by 2025. “We are delighted to welcome Riqui to LA Galaxy,” said LA Galaxy Head Coach Greg Vanney. “Riqui is a very technical and well-trained player with incredible experience for his age. It will fit perfectly into our group and our style of play.”