Who is Baba Kourouma – The 16-year-old gem called up to Barcelona first-team training

Barcelona have quite a few players injured heading into tonight’s game against newly-promoted side Real Oviedo.

The list of injured players includes the likes of Lamine Yamal, Gavi, Fermin Lopez and Alejandro Balde. As a result, Hansi Flick has called up a few new youth players in training in the lead-up to the game.

One of them was Baba Kourouma, a 16-year-old La Masia prodigy, who trained with the first team ahead of the Oviedo clash.

Who is Baba Kourouma?
SPORT has recently run a profile on Kourouma, where it was revealed that the young defender is the younger brother of former Barça player Ilaix Moriba.

He joined the training session with the first team alongside Leon goalkeeper Eder Aller, who filled in for Diego Kochen while the American is away at the U-20 World Cup.

Baba is the youngest of three brothers. Ilaix currently plays for Celta de Vigo, while Lass once featured for Girona.