It goes under the radar just how young the current Northern Ireland team is: only two starters over the age of 23 years old, yet they combine for 220 caps in total and most of this line-up are regulars in the Premier League or Championship. The future is promising.
![Barco’s early career coincided with the flurry of excitement around ‘inverted’ full-backs [...] He was a creative player, much better with the ball than without it, but the positional freedom required to unlock his strengths invited the danger of physically superior wingers running at him [...] Now a new moment in his irregular career path beckons.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k43ukpwdjcmjkam2docvho65/bafkreiauv67dsedrvpjibsmtvizzeizzqyoglzum5paz74txfkga2jdcy4)
