Héctor Junior Firpo Adames (born 22 August 1996), known as Junior Firpo or simply Junior, is a Dominican born-Spanish professional footballer who plays for Barcelona. Aside from his influence on the game, he has been at the highest level for fifteen years. Junior Firpo has an estimated market value of around 20 million euros and many reports have suggested that he has been offered by the Spanish side in a swap deal in hopes to reduce the price of the club’s primary transfer target Lautaro Martinez. Braithwaite is also very fast.Earlier last week, Firpo was linked to Inter Milan to be included in a possible Lautaro Martinez deal. Junior Firpo to wear number 24 New Barça signing is the 11th player to wear a number that's been owned by the likes of Iniesta and Puyol in the past First Team We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. "Like the man himself says: they were silly tweets posted when he was young, and no doubt Messi will quickly forgive him if they can strike up a similar partnership to the one he has with Alba.© 2020 Sports New Media Limited. These cookies do not store any personal information.Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Junior Firpo who was around 15 years old recently took it upon himself to seek an apology from Barca fans for what he might have said about Messi in the past. “He is the best in history, without a doubt. Junior Firpo, que está a punto de ser anunciado oficialmente como nuevo fichaje del Barcelona, tiene un pasado controvertido en las redes sociales como Messi como principal protagonista. 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Aside from his influence on the game, he has been at the highest level for fifteen years.“I haven’t seen a player like him and I think it will take a long time to see a player who is like him.The Spanish left-back also spoke about the fastest players in the squad:“Dembélé and Semedo are the fastest players in the squad. Barcelona defender Junior Firpo praised his team-mate Lionel Messi in a recent interview. That is it, just some childish things.“These are things from when you are 15 years old, when nobody knows you and when you cannot think that they will have repercussions years later. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. He accepted it was way childish back then describing it as ‘kids stuff’ and only did it to get back at his friend who was a Barca fan. 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