"Not getting Kubo back is one of Barça's worst mistakes in years"

According to the Spanish newspaper, the club's failure to sign their own academy product is already considered one of their worst recent mistakes. Kubo was the Masia's shiny star until he had to leave for Japan due to the sanction imposed by FIFA on Barcelona that prohibited him to play.

When he came of age, Barcelona became interested in him again, but Madrid put a million euros more on the table and managed to take him away. Kubo will play in Castilla and will soon make the jump to the first team.

'Take', as he is often referred to, has become one of the pre-season's hit players. The Madrid team is pampering him, as they are aware that he is a star in the making... and Barcelona still cannot assimilate their mistake.

"Kubo's is Barça's worst mistake in many years" and "he was one of the players who was going to reach the first team, he united an enormous talent and the capacity of work and discipline of the Japanese", are the two phrases that 'AS' puts in the mouth of Barcelona's directors.

In addition to his star power in Japan, a country in which Kubo is practically an idol for having arrived to Madrid so young, in Barcelona they lament their failure to sign him because many see the Japanese as a 'new Messi' ... and the truth is that the now Real Madrid player has a lot in common with the Argentina superstar.