Eric García, a new Piqué for Sergio Ramos

At 34 years old,

is the oldest player on a Spanish team that

has undergone a rejuvenation process.

25 years is the average age of the players, who have jumped in a group since the under-21s to inject freshness into Spain's options in the next

.

However, the captain is still the bastion that has no partner in the center of the rear.

The Sevillian has shared battles with 12 centrals.

He

is the one with

with whom he has shared the most battles (46).

In the stages of Luis Enrique and Robert Moreno there were many variations.

(4) and

(3) are the ones who have repeated the most in the line-ups, but they are not on the list against Germany and Ukraine.

Neither does

(19).

(2) and

return

, who has not yet played alongside the captain, but

, 19, who grew up in the shadow of Gerard Piqué, the most stable couple of Ramos in his 170 international matches

, breaks

in.

The trajectory of the Catalan is similar to that of the central culé.

With a slim physique, not too fast, but smart at the start of the game and the ball out.

He passed two tests before, at the age of seven, entering the orbit of the Masía, observing how Pep Guardiola built his successful Barça with Puyol, Piqué and Mascherano as a defensive wall.

He did not lose detail as he grew up next to

,

or

and matured at a speed that led him to captaining their teams from childhood.

In the offices of the Camp Nou they rubbed their hands before a relief that seemed perfect.

Puyol took him to City

However, Carles Puyol was ahead of him.

The former Blaugrana captain hung up his boots to become an agent alongside Iván de la Peña and lawyer Ramón Sostres.

For their list of represented they captured the pearl.

With 17 years they cooked the departure of Eric to the Manchester City subsidiary after paying a

.

Like Piqué, the young center-back chose to accelerate his maturation in the Premier League, under the shelter of Txiki Beguiristain and

.

That operation was interpreted as a betrayal by Puyol, who chose to change facet.

Its growth has been slow but steady.

He made his debut with City in a duel against Leicester in the Carabao Cup and on September 21, 2019 he did so in the Premier with a historic win (8-0) at Watford by Quique Sánchez Flores.

Stones and Laporte's injuries made way for him in the eleven citizen “

.

He is very smart, plays with great concentration and very well.

It will have many minutes, "Guardiola warned.

Since then, there have been 13 games in the Premier and two in the Champions League ... that have served to get Luis Enrique to point him on his international list.

«He is a very prepared player, very intelligent, with a good ball output.

"commented the coach, who has promoted this healthy" fight "with Diego Llorente and Pau Torres.

Dressing the Red does not weigh down the Catalan.

He has been proclaimed European Under-16 and Under-17 champion and is one of the pillars of Luis de la Fuente's Under-21, where he has already coincided with colleagues such as

,

or

.

Even opting to become Sergio Ramos' squire, he has taken the opportunity to learn how to minimize deficiencies, such as the passing game, observing defenses like

.

Despite his age, he is already a coach on the field.

His teammate

sees him on a bench in the future

and, in fact, he has already taken the first steps by getting his coach's license.

Only one year of contract

However, the stage at City is coming to an end.

Contract ends in 2021 and he has already communicated to the club that he will not renew.

"I have one more season left there and I'm thinking of going back," warned the footballer, who sounds like a

.

He prefers not to talk about that.

«My goal is to train and play the maximum number of minutes to show in Manchester and here that they can count on me.

I focus on what I can control.

Messi?

Everyone knows what a good player he is, many clubs would like to have him.

At the moment, he is a Barcelona player and I am not going to comment, "he settled.

Koeman wants me to retrace the path started two years ago and return to be the alternative to Piqué in the leadership of Barça's defense.

First, he may take his witness next to Ramos.

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