Official: Barcelona youth team forward completes OFK Belgrade switch

It has now been made official that 19-year-old Hugo Alba, one among Barcelona’s most promising youth gamers, has accomplished his transfer to OFK Belgrade.

The proficient centre ahead, who turned a free agent on June 30 after his contract with Barcelona ended, has signed a cope with the Serbian membership till 2028.

Alba had already been coaching with OFK Belgrade for 3 weeks throughout their pre-season preparations and even made his unofficial debut on Monday, beginning in a pleasant match in opposition to Dynamo Moscow.

His transfer had been anticipated for a while, with the one factor lacking being his official presentation, which lastly happened this Wednesday.

Alba was the captain of Barcelona’s U19 A staff beneath Juliano Belletti and loved a standout season, scoring a formidable 28 targets.

A brand new problem

Alba turned down a renewal provide from Barcelona, selecting as a substitute to start out a brand new chapter in Serbia.

The striker’s new membership, OFK Belgrade, is a part of the identical possession group as Purple Star Belgrade, making it attainable that Alba may progress to the Serbian giants sooner or later if he performs nicely.

The younger ahead took to social media to share an emotional farewell message to the membership he’s referred to as residence for the previous six years. He wrote,

“I arrived greater than six years in the past, as a baby with a suitcase stuffed with desires.

“I’m leaving as an grownup, with a coronary heart stuffed with studying, and taking with me an schooling and values that may stick with me eternally, wherever life takes me.”

Alba’s departure marks the tip of an essential chapter at Barcelona, nevertheless it additionally opens the door for an thrilling new journey at OFK Belgrade, the place he’ll look to show himself on the senior stage and take the subsequent step in his promising profession.