Barcelona's new transfer policy for La Masia Barcelona An increase in the import of talent

Barcelona's recent approach towards their youth set-up isn't proving to be particularly popular with the club's members.

Mike van Beijnen, the son of Frenkie de Jong's agent, became the latest arrival from the Netherlands this summer and it looks as if there's more to come.

Instead of focussing on the talent that their prestigious La Masia is producing, Barcelona are instead bringing promising players to the B team from across the world.

Van Beijnen joins midfielder Ludovit Reis as Barcelona's second B team acquisition from the Eredivisie this summer and they're also looking at Willem II left-back Diego Palacios.

Palacios, whose parent club is SD Aulas in Ecuador, impressed on loan in the Netherlands last season and during the recent Under-20s World Cup in Poland.

Signing youngsters rather than producing them has been a frequent occurrence at the Camp Nou in recent years.

Ronald Araujo and Moussa Wague have recently joined from abroad while Merveil Ndockyt and Gabriel Novaes have had loan spells with Barcelona B.

After Barcelona B were relegated to the Segunda B in 2018, the Catalan club brought in several youngsters to reinforce the squad, although Marcus McGuane and Jorge Cuenca are the only two still at the club.