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Birmingham City hired offensive midfielder Oriol Soldevila, after the player showed the play on social media.
The 19-year-old, who left Barcelona’s mythical La Masia at the end of last season, tried the Blues and inspired enough to win a two-year contract at St Andrew’s.
He is expected to play basically with the Under-23, where he will integrate with compatriot Miguel Fernández to be part of Aitor Karanka’s senior team.
Mike Dodds, the Blues’ head of career progression, told the club’s website: “Solde is a left wing player who can play anywhere on the front line, type 7, 10 or 11.
“With the limitations we’ve had with him, because he obviously hasn’t played or trained for months because of the existing situation, he looks very technically intelligent.
“He has a very intelligent tactical view of movements and knows when to make deep and long passes.
“He is an offensive player, a definitive third player: scorer and creator.
“Then, from what we saw, we are very excited for him.
“He went from Cornella to Barcelona and I know that Barcelona, from the conversations I had with Solde, presented him with a one-year extension on his contract, however, he felt that his path was probably blocked a bit there.
“He’s going to spend some time with the under-23s getting used to the culture, the taste of the game and all that things in sight, if he does it right, knocking on the door of Aitor Karanka. “
Soldevila announced the decision on her Instagram account last week: “Proud to sign a contract with Birmingham City FC.
“I have to thank everyone who has supported me and made it possible. I am excited and able to start this new season in England. “
Soldevila at the EU Cornella settled before joining Barca’s under-18, advancing to the under-19 before leaving at the end of last summer.
He played for Barça in the UEFA Youth League, all on the bench at home and away from Borussia Dortmund, Internazionale and Slavia Prague.
The Blues have faced several players with ties to UE Cornella, existing first-team members Agus Medina and Ivan Guzmán, who has been loaned back.
Cornella’s former coach, Xavi Calm, also spent most of last season with the Blues.