Barcelona youngster leading club’s passing stats this season | OneFootball

A head-turning statistic, highlighting the ever-increasing influence of Barcelona starlet Marc Casadó, has on Friday come to the fore online.

This comes amid confirmation that the 21-year-old has been Barcelona’s standout midfield passer across the season to date.

Youngster Casadó has of course spent the early months of the new campaign establishing himself as the latest breakout star in Barcelona’s first-team setup.

Afforded a prolonged chance to impress owing to an injury crisis in Hansi Flick’s squad, the midfielder has taken full advantage, courtesy of a string of standout performances.

So much so that, just today, Casadó was afforded a first-ever senior international call-up.

And, as alluded to above, in the aftermath of as much, a fresh round of statistics, highlighting precisely why, have come to the fore online.

As revealed by Mundo Deportivo, citing statisticians Opta:

‘Casadó is the Barça midfielder with the most passes attempted (850) and completed (729) this season in all competitions.’

Conor Laird – GSFN