La Masia, a School of Talent

From the moment the young hopefuls of FC Barcelona's youth program set foot in La Masia, a team of professionals oversees their all-round education on a day-to-day basis. The Barça model takes three key aspects - physical-sporting, intellectual, and moral - into account in order to turn the 10 or 11-year-olds who come to Barça's soccer academy into excellent footballers and excellent human beings. In barely 30 years, La Masia has become the world's best training ground for footballers, a school capable of detecting and developing football talent, while at the same time inculcating values and habits that help its young charges find happiness living the life they have chosen.