Barcelona has high hopes for the 17-year-old jewel of La Masia: “The first team has a left back for ten years”

Barcelona is reaping the fruits of having trusted in The Masia with players like Lamine Yamal, Gavi, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde, Fermín López and Marc Casado, among others, becoming key pieces in the first team configuration.

More players like Sergi Domínguez, Toni Fernández, Guille Fernández, Alexis Olmedo and Andrés Cuenca are knocking on Hansi Flick’s doors.

Behind them there are more youthful prospects to whom blaugrana They have high hopes, one of which is teenage left back Jofre Torrents.

Jofre Torrents, candidate for the future in the Barcelona first team

In fact, journalist Jordi Cardero reports that Barcelona rates Jofre Torrents very highly and sees him as one of the most talented and interesting players to have emerged in The Masia.

In fact, the 17-year-old left back, who recently returned after almost a year out due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury, is shining in the Juvenil A and is already on the radars of several La Liga teams.

Torrents, born in 2007, has been part of The Masia since 2017, coming from Reus as a U-12 player. Initially deployed as a winger, he became a left back during his cadet years and has made the position his own.

Since returning from injury, Torrents has been in exceptional form, demonstrating his qualities in the UEFA Youth League with the under-19 team, registering two assists in five games.

So much so that sources of The Masia say: “He will finish the season as a starter in the reserve team. The first team has had a left back for ten years.”

Curiously, Barcelona could need a left-back next season, as Gerard Martín fails to convince as Alejandro Balde’s substitute in the current campaign.

As such, Torrents, if he continues on his current trajectory, could at least earn a spot in preseason camp with Hansi Flick.