That fact that we’ve got two youngsters on the list really shows that the future is bright.
Ronald Koeman likes to surprise us with his starting line-ups, be it that he leaves Leo Messi on the bench or starts Frenkie de Jong as a centre-backs. However, if we take a look at the players he’s used the most this term, we can see that there are 12 players that have gotten way more playing time than the rest of the squad.
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If we were to draw a line-up of Koeman’s most-used players in La Liga, here’s what it would look like.
Barca XI: Neto; Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Busquets, De Jong; Pedri, Griezmann, Fati; Messi.
Ranking players according to their game time
- 1. Gerard Pique — 630 mins (7 appearances in starting XI)
- 2. Frenkie de Jong — 620 mins (7)
- 3. Leo Messi — 585 mins (6 stars, 1 appearance as a sub)
- 4. Sergio Busquets — 562 mins (7)
- 5. Neto — 540 mins (6)
- 6. Sergi Roberto — 537 mins (6)
- 7. Jordi Alba — 501 mins (6)
- 8. Clement Lenglet — 448 mins (6)
- 9. Antoine Griezmann — 441 mins (6 stars, 1 as a sub)
- 10. Ansu Fati — 437 mins (6 starts, 1 as a sub)
- 11. Pedri — 346 mins (3 starts, 4 as a sub)
Philippe Coutinho (335 mins) doesn’t make it into the line-up as he’s played 11 minutes less than Pedri. The Brazilian has missed the last two league games through injury, else he would’ve definitely been on the list.
Next in line is Sergino Dest, but he’s only played 217 minutes.
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