2025-26 European Top 5: Barça ahead of Real Madrid & PSG in number of active players trained (CIES)

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FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) is the club that has trained the most active players since the start of the 2025-26 season in the European Top 5 leagues (Germany, England, Spain, France and Italy), with 40 players having passed through its training centre, according to the CIES Football Observatory's "Weekly Post" published on 14/01/2026.

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