ferran torres He’s been living in hiding ever since he signed for her. barcelona. His football quality was hidden, he stayed away from the media, and he went through a period of introspection as he tried to confront the lowest emotional moment of his career. A preseason injury exacerbated certain illnesses that a combination of a performance that contradicted his price, angry criticism of the environment, and a toxic personal demand drove him to seek the services of a psychologist. “I was in a bottomless pit that I didn’t know how to get out of,” he admitted in an informal conversation with various media outlets, which he candidly opened after more than a year in Barcelona.
The speech coincides with the best game against Barça since the Valencia striker was transferred for 55 million euros in December 2021. Manchester City. before that CadizIn particular, Ferran appeared in a full first episode. Now 22, a boy who appears to be smiling, freed from the torment of feeling, above all, that he has failed himself. It was a complex process that required professional help that started in the summer. “Going to a psychologist is one of the best things for me. I was tired, things didn’t work out, I didn’t know how to deal with it, so I started working with a psychologist from there. I’ve never been this low.”
“As soon as the season started, I injured my foot, I have no minutes left, I stopped being important in the team and my self-confidence and football dropped”
“I was insecure and everything affected me,” said Ferran, deepening. “It was a very painful experience, but also very useful because I feel stronger now.“Actually, the burden of negativity began to weigh on him earlier. For example, remember that last season in the Europa League match against Eintracht he entered a 10 or 15 match stage and I did not score. “I don’t know how to deal with this”. Summer managed to disconnect, forget football and he says he came back with a clean mind. The broken tile tore off his foot. Bad luck.
“As soon as I started, the foot thing happened to me, I’m out of minutes, I stop being important in the team and enter.” a fall of confidence and a fall of football“. First with Dembélé and then with Raphinha, his preferred position, the fierce rivalry for the far right, doesn’t make things any easier for him, although he doesn’t complain about the competition. I learned that it’s to value more things, to bring them to a middle ground. I always thought it would be like this if I played well before. And if I wasn’t good, he would punish me by saying I’m very bad.”
“I am lucky”
Ferran had a well-deserved trip. “dramatic and awful” He landed in City from his home, Valencia, which impressed his family. He grew up with Pep Guardiola as a football player and learned to play in different positions, not just right wing. Despite the delicate situation of the club, he had no doubts about signing for Barça, but there was a strong atmosphere of pressure. “Fortunately or unfortunately I had to grow up in Valencia,” says one player who wants to justify his role in Barça’s comeback in recent months.
“What helped me turn this personal situation around is learning to be happy. I’m lucky, I’m in one of the best clubs in the world and I know how to face problems, everything has a solution in the end.”
“What helped me turn this personal situation around is learning to be happy. I know I’m lucky, I’m lucky whether you like it or not, I’m in one of the best clubs in the world, the players are very well paid. I have a stable environment and I’m proud of it and I have to know how to face problems from there. in the end everything has a solutionFerran lives next to Passeig de Gràcia, or Gavá beach, which he says he loves as much as his dogs, to go to the movies at least once a week (“I’m a movie freak”). four).
“New Age”
He says Sergio Busquets was the player who helped him the most. “He’s been through a lot and has repeated to me that he needs to be calm.“He assures himself that he has now stopped being obsessed with the goal and prefers to focus on finding his game. He wants to play at Old Trafford on Thursday, of course he wants to show and show off his tremendous performance in the game.” It was not the flower of a day against Cádiz.
Still feels changed go to a psychologist regularly. But he thinks Barcelona already has the tools to meet their demands. Between laughter, he announces the arrival of a new football player. “Like the documentary ‘Barça new era’, now it’s Ferran new era”.