The Azerbaijani player, who also owns Swiss citizenship, has been active in the ranks of the Swiss youth team, since last July, and caught the attention of the Catalan club, who has moved to obtain his services, and has finally succeeded.

Babyif, who is 17 years old, signed his transfer contracts to Barcelona on Friday, in the presence of the director of the football for the youth sector, Juan Soller, and the president of the La Masia Academy, Jose Ramon Alexanko.

The young midfielder thus becomes the first player from Azerbaijan to wear the Barcelona shirt throughout history, with the player joining the Yuvinell team with “youth under 18 years”, provided that the club monitors its development within the academy.

It is expected that Ibrahim Babaif will get his opportunity with the club’s reserve team, Parsa Athletic, then the first team, if he succeeds in appearing at the expected level, which may make him the future of the Blaugrana midfield in the coming years.

It is noteworthy that Babayif has 7 games in his international teams with Azerbaijan under 17 years, but he can join Switzerland in the coming years, if he wanted to.