Nottingham Forest U21 coach Jimmy Gilligan is delighted with what he's seen from Roger Riera.
Forest beat Espanyol to land Riera, who captained Barcelona U19 last season.
Gilligan told the Nottingham Post: "Barcelona don't release people easily. They would have had a long think about it.
"He'd been there since he was eight so for him to be released would have been hard to take.
"We weren't the only club interested. Espanyol would have snapped their hands off to take him.
"He decided for his development to come here. Credit to him.
"We've got to develop him now. We are working on some of his deficiencies. He's not blessed with pace but if we can get him to get tight and stop people playing that will help.
"I'm not going to say he's going to make it into the first team or not going to make it.
"He's got the ability to do it. As long as he wants to learn he's got a chance. Roger will do everything he can and we'll do everything we can to help him at this football club."
