Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsi reveals Liverpool wish which could soon come true

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The teenager was a rock at the back as Spain went all the way in the USA, Canada and Mexico, and put himself right up alongside Virgil van Dijk as one of the best centre-backs in world football, despite being just 19.Cubarsi will likely go on to have a long career right at the top of the game, and, according to the teenager, he hopes that at some point he will be able to name a Champions League trip to face Liverpool at Anfield on his resume.Alisson and Virgil van Dijk have made costly mistakes in recent weeks. Cubarsi wants to experience a Champions League night at Anfield It is one of the quirks of European football that Liverpool and Barcelona rarely meet.

Asked by The Athletic for his thoughts on the Premier League, the defender admitted that he has always wanted to play against Liverpool at Anfield. I’d like to play in a big Champions League night at Anfield,” he said.

“When I was a kid, I looked up to Carles Puyol,” he said. “I have looked up a lot to Virgil van Dijk in recent years.” With Liverpool and Barcelona likely to make it through to the knockout stages in this year’s Champions League, Cubarsi could realise his dream – and play against one of his idols – later this season.