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Marc Bernal
Defensive Midfield / Spain / FC Barcelona
60 OVR
Profile
Key strength: Ball retention
Deep-lying playmaker
Amid a turbulent season that sees FC Barcelona languishing in 7th place with an inconsistent LWLWW run of form, 19-year-old Marc Bernal has emerged as a rare beacon of hope from the famed La Masia academy. The defensive midfielder has already accumulated 24 senior appearances—clocking 740 minutes of invaluable experience—while contributing an impressive 4 goals and 1 assist, numbers that defy his deep-lying role. Operating as a metronomic deep-lying playmaker with 65-rated passing and elite ball retention skills, Bernal anchors the midfield with discipline befitting a veteran: just 3 yellow cards across his entire campaign. Wearing the number 22 shirt, he lines up alongside higher-rated teammates like Fermín López (73) and Alejandro Balde (68), yet his €30 million market value—remarkable for a homegrown talent developed at zero transfer cost—signals Barcelona's enduring faith in their youth philosophy. In a squad desperately seeking consistency, this teenage orchestrator is quietly proving indispensable.