Pep Guardiola's last 5 Barcelona signings. Where are they now?

Enter captio
Pep Guardiola

#3 Javier Mascherano

Ad
Ente
Javier Mascherano

River Plate product Javier Mascherano moved to Corinthians at the age of 23 in the hopes of trying to secure a move to Europe. Before his arrival at West Ham United, Mascherano was linked with plenty of top clubs and said he would cherish at Spain for either Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Ad

Anfield was the next destination for the Argentine as he signed a five-year deal with Liverpool during 2007 January. Two months into his new life at Merseyside, Rafa Benitez called Mascherano "Monster of a player" after a superior performance against Arsenal.

La Liga heavyweights Barcelona were keeping tabs on the Argentine over the last few months and made a move to sign him before the end of 2010 summer transfer window. 24 million man has won 19 trophies during his 8-year stay with the club. He was an integral part of Pep Guardiola, Tito Vilanova, Gerardo Martino and Luis Enrique.

On January 2018, Mascherano announced that he would part ways with Barcelona after seven and a half years. Chinese Premier League side Hebei China Fortune proved to be the next home for the Argentine.

Quick Links

Edited by Shruti Sadbhav
Sportskeeda logo
Close menu
WWE
WWE
NBA
NBA
NFL
NFL
MMA
MMA
Tennis
Tennis
NHL
NHL
Golf
Golf
MLB
MLB
Soccer
Soccer
F1
F1
WNBA
WNBA
More
More
bell-icon Manage notifications