Obliged to review its mode of operation for a few years, FC Barcelona wants to come and do its shopping … in Belgium. A new scout will be appointed by the Catalan club to crisscross the Benelux looking for new talents.
In recent years, FC Barcelona has often used financial levers to support its needs. If this is no longer the case today, the Catalan club is not yet in a completely ideal financial situation and must reinvent itself.
More than ever, Barça will rely on the training of young people to feed its first team, but will no longer be limited only to Spain. The Catalans now want to have recruiters throughout Europe in order to find the most beautiful nuggets.
This is not yet the case in Belgium, but it could soon change. Indeed, FC Barcelona would be about to appoint a new scout in charge of the Benelux region, in the person of Florian Holsbeek.
Barça will appoint a scout responsible for the Benelux region
A graduate UEFA as a coach, he has also worked as a recruiter for many years and has notably collaborated with the Saint-Trond and Eupen club. Holder of a communication diploma, with a marketing specialization, he also contributed to the entrance to Proximus (then Belgacom) in the world of Belgian football during the acquisition of television rights. Former journalist, he covered several major tournaments for Walfoot.be and the last hour.
It could therefore be responsible, from the coming weeks, to identify the greatest talents in Belgian football to place them under the radars of Barça recruiters. The objective of the Spanish club is to set up an active scouting network in Belgium, with the ambition to establish partnerships with local clubs, to organize internships, or even to create a Barça academy in Belgium – a model adopted by many major European clubs to facilitate the recruitment of young foreign talents.
