Spain’s national team coach Luis de la Fuente has named his 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and FC Barcelona basically got a bulk discount on plane tickets. Eight players from the Catalan club made the cut, giving Barcelona the single largest club representation in the defending European champions’ roster.
The selected Barcelona contingent includes goalkeeper Joan García, defenders Eric García and Pau Cubarsí, midfielders Pedri, Gavi, and Dani Olmo, and forwards Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal. For crypto markets, the real question is whether this concentration of Barcelona talent translates into renewed interest in the club’s fan token, BAR, which currently trades around $0.28 to $0.30 with a market cap near $7 million.
A squad built on Barcelona’s backbone
The announcement, made on May 25, carries echoes of a specific golden era. Spain’s Euro 2012 squad, the one that completed an unprecedented international treble of back-to-back European Championships sandwiching a World Cup, also featured eight Barcelona players. That team was built around the tiki-taka philosophy perfected at Camp Nou, and it dominated world football for the better part of four years.
Lamine Yamal is just 17 years old and already cemented as a starter for both club and country. Pau Cubarsí, another teenager who has become a defensive mainstay at Barcelona, adds to the youth contingent.
