By Pete Jenson Follow @@petejenson Back in the 2007-08 season a teenage striker by the name of Bojan Krkic was breaking into the Barcelona first team allowing nothing and nobody – not even Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic – could stand in his way. On the club’s pre-season tour of Scotland, with Henry the expensive new signing from Arsenal, Bojan was the star impressing so much that Barca had to turn down offers from Ajax to take him on loan. He stayed to fight for a place in the first team and became Barcelona’s youngest-ever goalscorer when he netted against Villarreal that October aged 17 years and 54 days and he was called up to the Spain squad, only to pull out because of sickness.
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Stoke make Bojan fifth signing of the season on four-year deal, leaving Barcelona after joining La Liga giants as an eight-year-old
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Forward became Barcelona's youngest-ever goalscorer aged 17 years and 54 days with strike against Villarreal
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Bojan became first choice ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thierry Henry, who said: 'You can understand it. He is having a fantastic season'
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The 23-year-old was forgotten at Barcelona soon after but can get first-team chances in Premier League with Stoke
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Will Bojan be the closest we find out to whether Lionel Messi could hack a cold, wet Tuesday night at the Britannia?
No way through: Ibrahimovic was kept on the sidelines by an in-form @placeholder in the 2009-2010 season