Barcelona's big decision over Pablo Torre's future

Barça will make a decision on the future of Pablo Torre in the coming days. The Blaugrana club has received three offers from top flight teams, requesting a loan until the end of the season and all parties will agree on the best for the young footballer, who is very reluctant to abandon the Blaugrana. Xavi will talk to him since he has had very few minutes in the first team and playing in the RFEF First Division with Barça Athletic could be a step backwards in his progression.

The proposals that Barça has are serious and one of them could be from Celta, although there are two more interested teams that would guarantee quality minutes in the top flight to a player who is destined to be very important at Barca. Pablo Torre, so far, has only been able to enjoy a start in the Champions League -against Viktoria Plzen, where he scored a goal- and got a few minutes in the league against Athletic with the game resolved. Now comes the decisive part of the season and the competition in midfield is great, with many players in the squad, so it seems clear that he will have little prominence between now and June.

Pablo Torre is determined to remain at the club throughout the season despite the risk of playing only in the B team or occasionally being called up with the first team. He is very comfortable in Barcelona, training daily under the orders of Xavi Hernández and learning all the mechanisms of Barça’s game. Already in the summer he had several offers to go out on loan to the second division, but he preferred to stay and try his luck to integrate into the team and the city.

Xavi Hernández is clear that he is a player of immense quality, but he cannot guarantee minutes this season. The coach prefers to have everyone available to avoid problems in the event that players get injured.

Xavi knows that it is a season full of games and tension, with the World Cup in the middle, and Pablo Torre could be necessary even if his participation is low. However, in the sports department they do see it as very interesting that the young midfielder can play in the top flight regularly and they believe that a loan would be perfect to complete his development.

Barça are very clear that the final decision will be made by the player and his people, despite the advice that he may be given. Sources from the club confirm that one of these proposals is from an important La Liga team. Everyone is moving cautiously because they want the best for his football career. The idea is to give him a first team number next season, although it is not ruled out that, finally, there will be a transfer depending on the movements that may occur in the summer market. Barça can incorporate a couple of midfielders and that would mean that he doesn’t have too many options to play.

The sports department don’t want the story of Riqui Puig or Aleñá to be repeated, who were ruling out going on loan, and lost opportunities to progress away from Barça until they ended up outside the club for good. With Pablo Torre everything will be done by consensus due to his age, but they are very clear that the RFEF first division is too small for him.