"Holy cow, Hamza, the Egyptian from Barça, at the World Cup," he wrote in the WhatsApp group of Huesca's youth team A when he found out the news. "Bullshit," replied a teammate. "He's a physical marvel," assures Jordan Lawson Farrona (Mérida, 2007) now. Hamza Abdelkarim (2008) arrived at Barça's youth team in the winter transfer market on loan and the club has already exercised the purchase option of one and a half million. On March 8, he debuted with a goal against Huesca and last Monday he debuted at the World Cup at just 18 years old. He is one of the five youngest players in the competition and one of the main prospects. In nine months he has gone from the U-17 World Cup to the absolute World Cup and Barça and Hansi Flick are already rubbing their hands together for the present and future of the newarrival from the city of Cairo.