It was a rare holiday period for professional football players, the perfect time to rest, relax, and recover from the stress of a grueling 38-matchday football campaign.
The season was scheduled to start again on 16th August, 2025.
Time moved fast…
While the outside world kept on running, Emile Smith Rowe spent over a month in Nigeria with his friend and his family before finally returning to England to start preparations for the new season.
Sam stayed for 2 more weeks in Nigeria before finally making the trip to Spain, Barcelona with his dad who also dubbed as his agent.
With his dad accompanying him, Sam quickly completed his medicals with the Catalan club and on his birthday, August 6th, FC Barcelona finally presented their newest star to their fans in a packed Spotify Camp Nou stadium.
By now, every FC Barcelona fan already learned about their new signing, Sam.
To most of them, Sam was a literal superhero.