Barcelona dealt blow as Jofre Torrents ruled out for 10-12 weeks

Barcelona’s injury crisis has deepened after promising left-back Jofre Torrents was sidelined for up to three months with a syndesmotic ankle injury, the club confirmed on Monday. The 19-year-old, who anchors Juliano Belletti’s Barcelona Atlètic back line, was stretchered off during the weekend fixture and left the ground on crutches after scans revealed ligament damage to his left ankle.

A terse medical bulletin issued by the Catalan giants stated: “The medical tests carried out have shown that Jofre Torrents, a player from Barça Atlètic, has a syndesmosis injury to his left ankle. The estimated recovery time will be between 10 and 12 weeks.”

The setback not only threatens to end Torrents’ season but also stalls the momentum generated during the summer, when he trained with Xavi Hernández’s first-team squad and featured prominently in pre-season friendlies. Coaches inside the Ciutat Esportiva have long viewed the versatile defender as a candidate for senior promotion, yet his immediate focus must now switch to rehabilitation rather than competitive minutes.

Torrents joins an expanding infirmary list at Barça Atlètic that already contains some of La Masia’s most coveted prospects: winger Sama Nomoko, midfield schemer Dani Rodríguez, forwards Oscar Gistau and Landry Farré, and full-back Ibrahim Diarra. The cluster of long-term absences has forced Belletti to dip deeper into the academy pool, with two unnamed youngsters now being fast-tracked to bolster the reserve squad.

With the promotion push in Primera Federación hanging in the balance, the coaching staff must balance short-term results with the long-term development of a threadbare roster. For Torrents, the clock ticks on a campaign that promised so much, his return to the pitch now pencilled in for late spring at the earliest.

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