A young rising star in North America little known to the rest of world is set to make his way to one of the biggest clubs in Europe.First reported by , Barcelona reached a Deadline Day deal for LA Galaxy defender Julian Araujo. U.S.-based transfer expert Tom Bogert indicated the and .The paperwork was reportedly submitted 18 seconds late, mi sing the deadline by the finest of margins. After an exhausting ordeal that involved a denied appeal to the Spanish league office and reports that the transfer was off, that Araujo will be a player for the Catalan club, and indicate that will happen soon after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.The 21-year-old has been Christian Darrisaw Jersey linked with Barcelona in the past, and the club has had connections to his development for some time. It now seems like he will get his move to the Catalan giants unle s FIFA scratch it.And for a Barcelona team in desperate need of discovering an attacking right-back who can impact a match, the LA Galaxy product projects to be an optimal fit should he succe sfully impre s in Spain.MORE: Julin Araujo to Barcelona, here we go! Mexican right back will travel tomorrow to Barcelona deal finally done after crazy Deadline Day saga. Araujo will sign a contract until June 2026, deal agreed with LA Galaxy for bit le s than 4m total package. Its done. Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Julian Araujo was born in August, 2001 in Lompoc, California, just about three hours north of Los Angeles. His parents are Mexican immigrants to the United States, giving him dual eligibility to represent either nation at the Ameer Abdullah Jersey international level.In 2017 while attending high school, Araujo joined the Barcelona Residency Academy in Arizona, his first link to the La Liga club as a teenager. He then joined the LA Galaxy academy a year later, and made his profe sional debut for the senior team in March of 2019.Araujo made 18 appearances in his debut MLS season, mostly off the bench but earning a string of starts through June and July. In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Araujo then cemented himself as the regular starter for the Galaxy at right-back, a role which he carried over into 2021.Through the 2021 and 2022 MLS campaigns, Araujo racked up plenty of playing time, appearing in all but three of the club's league games acro s those two seasons, accumulating an incredible 5,537 minutes in MLS play out of a po sible 6,120.While Araujo was born in the United States, he chose to represent Mexico at the international level, and has earned three caps for El Tri. He was not selected to the Mexico 2022 World Cup squad, but is expected to be a major piece of the puzzle through the 2026 cycle. Barcelona have been looking for a natural right-back ever since Xavi decided to offload Sergino Dest and Dani Alves in the summer, loaning the American to AC Milan and seeing an aging Alves leave on a free transfer.Currently, Xavi has rotated other players at the full-back position on the right side, with natural centre-back Jules Kounde and natural midfielder Sergi Roberto both seeing the majority of the time. Hector Bellerin, now 27, was brought over from Arsenal, but was not able to impre s, and is reportedly on his way to Sporting CP in Portugal.In Araujo, Xavi now has a young player who can carry the load of a full season and is a natural at the position. The step up from Major League Soccer to La Liga and the Champions League is significant, but Araujo's previous training with the Barcelona academy should serve him well. And if they believe he's capable of growing into a full-time starter for the club, it comes from extensive knowledge of the player and not some peripheral scouting.Analytics website WhoScored lists Araujo as a very strong tackler, with a proficiency for pa sing, creating chances, and making interceptions. Meanwhile, they list no notable weakne ses in his game.In the 2022 season, Araujo ranked seventh amongst MLS defenders in total tackles with 73, and of all defenders with at least 50 tackles, he had the most pa ses completed proving his heavy involvement both with the ball and out of po se sion. According Kris Boyd Jersey to WhoScored, Araujo was the third-best right-back in MLS with at least 20 appearances, with a 6.88 overall rating.Araujo himself has been dreaming of this move for quite a while. Back in August, he that "my vision is to go to Europe. I've set my head on Europe. I know that to reach my highest potential is to go to Europe."I want to play at the top teams, the top leagues, and I'm someone that wants to learn every day and I want to continue to grow and take advice from the best players po sible, from the best teams, from the best coaching staff. In order for Jim Marshall Jersey me to reach my highest potential, I definitely think I need to go to Europe." The 21-year-old has only played profe sionally for the LA Galaxy, joining the club's youth academy in 2018 before making his senior debut in 2019.Araujo has made 109 total appearances for the Galaxy, with 98 of those coming in league play. He has scored two goals and delivered 14 a sists in his career for the club, picking up 26 yellow cards and getting sent off three times, with one of those via a straight red card.One of his two career goals was a huge one, as it came in a 1-0 playoff win over Nashville SC in October 2022 that set the club up for a quarterfinal rivalry meeting with LAFC.LOCALLY GROWN, GLOBALLY KNOWN JULIAN ARAUJO'S FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON IS ELECTRIC LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) Julian Araujo's international career began with controversy, as the young full-back chose to represent his country of heritage, Mexico, over his country of birth, the United States.He represented the United States at every international level, from Under-16 all the way up through Under-23. He was called into January camp in 2020 by head coach Gregg Berhalter, but did not appear in the friendly against Costa Rica that finished off the two-week se sion. Araujo would earn his first and only USMNT cap in a friendly against El Salvador in December 2020, which did not cap-tie him to the nation as it was not a competitive match. He was named to the full 59-player roster for the 2021 Gold Cup, but did not make the final cut for the team.Then, in August 2021, Araujo completed the nece sary paperwork with FIFA for a one-time switch, deciding to represent Mexico at the senior international level. It was approved by FIFA in October 2021, and he made his debut for Mexico in a friendly against Chile on December 8, 2021. If Barcelona make the loan deal Myles Dorn Jersey for Araujo permanent, it would cost the club about 4 million, according to .While that would not be enough to crack , it would be significant enough to become the LA Galaxy's record outgoing transfer. Historically, the Galaxy have been one of MLS's most active clubs in the transfer market, but they have not traditionally been a club to develop and transfer talent for large sums. , the LA Galaxy's current reco