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Former Barcelona starlet sends warning to Ansu Fati and other La Liga prospects

Ansu Fati

Former Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic has advised Ansu Fati and other young prospects to not get “carried away” after making excellent starts to their professional careers.

Bojan burst onto the scene at the Camp Nou in 2007, scoring 12 goals in all competitions in his debut campaign with the La Liga giants.

The winger broke Lionel Messi’s record to become Barcelona’s youngest ever player in the Spanish top flight at just 17 years and 19 days old, and was then handed the No.11 shirt for the 2008/09 season.

“I would tell Ansu Fati, Vinicius [Junior] and Joao Felix to enjoy football,” Bojan told Marca. "I would tell them not to get carried away by this wave. They have to rely on a good environment and good friends.

"I don't know what parameters we use to measure the success and failure of people.  I believe that everyone has their own share of success, and I feel I have had a lot.”

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Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).