Does Bojan have a future at Barcelona?

Former Barcelona captain Luis Enrique has signed a 2 year deal to take the reins at the Nou Camp and will look to ring the changes following a barren season without honours under Gerardo Martino.

Following the retirement of Carlos Puyol, out of contract Victor Valdes and a host of squad players allowed to leave, the 44 year old will look to tap into the rich talent pool at the clubs academy La Masia.

When officially presented to the media for the first time as FC Barcelona manager, 'Lucho' said:

“I love to support young players but I demand that they show hunger and ambition. The door is open to all B players, and all the players in the youth teams.”

Enrique spent 3 years as head coach of Barcelona B and welcomes back three graduates of the Catalan's world renowned academy after successful loan spells, Rafinha Alcantara from Celta Vigo, Gerard Deulofeu from Everton and Bojan Krkic from Ajax.

In the curious case of Bojan Krkic, a player with such promise early on in his Barcelona career, has spent the last three seasons out on loan, firstly none other than Enrique brought the striker to Italian side Roma in his maiden managerial role, a stint at AC Milan followed and lastly at Dutch champions Ajax where he helped Frank De Boer's young side claim a fourth consecutive Eredivisie title.

The player has a year left on his Barcelona contract and may be given a lifeline by the new boss after previous regimes left the promising talent in loan market purgatory.

Bojan was handed his Barcelona debut in 2007 by Dutch manager Frank Rijkaard shortly after his 17th birthday, finishing his first season with 10 goals, the youngster broke Raul's record of most goals scored in a debut season.

The following season he scored a combined 5 goals in the Copa del Rey to help the Catalan's lift the trophy for the first time in 11 years. Bojan struggled to find the net consistently in 2009-10 but hit form towards the end of the campaign, notching up 7 of his 8 goals in the final 12 games.

Despite the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer of 2010, the young striker found his chances in the first team limited, falling behind Lionel Messi, David Villa and Pedro in the pecking order.

At the end of the 2010-11 season Bojan had accumulated over 100 appearances for the club, but expressed the need to go out on loan in order to gain more first team football after struggling to nail down a first team place.

Roma agreed to sign him for an initial £11 million with an option to sign the youngster long term for £25 million, Barcelona also installed a buy back price of £13 million. After his first season in Italy, he was allowed to move to AC Milan on a season long loan, which didn't impact on the pre-agreed buy back clause.

The season concluded with both Roma and Milan passing up the opportunity to sign Bojan permanently, thus returning to Barcelona in the hope of resurrecting his Catalan based career.

It proved a false dawn as he was loaned out to Ajax for the 2012-13 campaign. Amassing 24 appearances, starting 17 and contributing 4 goals on route to Amsterdam's 33rd league crown.

He returns to the Nou Camp with his future up in the air, at still only 23 he has bags of potential and is thought to be held in high regard by those at Barcelona. He may be a prime candidate to help the Barcelona rebuilding project but after his promising career has stuttered whilst out on loan so too his reputation, the Catalan's may wish to cash in, with Liverpool among the teams rumoured to be interested in the player.

The Spaniard of Serbian descent commented on his future: “We'll see what happens, I've really enjoyed this season and I have to assess the pros and cons. Back to Barca is obviously an option, I have a year on my contract with the club.

“We'll see, I must evaluate the best for me and my progression.”

As the all conquering Barca side of the last decade looks fractious and set to disperse, the club is allegedly willing to listen to offers for the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Dani Alves, however this is no guarantee those players mentioned will leave.

The appointment of Enrique is not the only restructuring at Barcelona, with former first team assistant under Tito Villanova, Jordi Roura being named director of youth football, while physical fitness manager Aureli Altimira will take up a new role as youth system coordinator.

Bojan highlighted that wherever he plays in future, he would take with him "The philosophy, style of play and passion for the game" that he has experienced in Amsterdam.