{"id":177664,"date":"2025-06-12T06:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/177664\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:14:08","slug":"barcelona-young-duo-pick-up-injuries-on-international-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/177664\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona young duo pick up injuries on international duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the summer has not quite started yet, Barcelona have been dealt two blows on the very first day of the UEFA U21 European Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the club\u2019s players in Pablo Torre and Gerard Martin, have both picked up injuries during Spain\u2019s opening game against Slovakia, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/pablo-torre-gerard-martin-lesionados-118519293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diario SPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martin was the first to come off after sustaining a blow to his wrist just two minutes into the match. <\/p>\n<p>Despite continuing through the first half in discomfort, struggling especially with throw-ins, the left-back was subbed off at halftime with Spain holding a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the equaliser, Pablo Torre became the second casualty. The attacking midfielder was pulled back by Slovakian midfielder Nebyla, lost his balance, and landed awkwardly. <\/p>\n<p>He needed help from the medical staff to get up, but was fortunately able to walk off under his own power before heading straight to the bench.<\/p>\n<p>A big blow for Barcelona<\/p>\n<p>Martin and Torre\u2019s injuries could serve as a massive blow for Barcelona, especially ahead of a long summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sl-benfica-v-fc-barcelona-uefa-champions-league-2024-25-round-of-16-first-leg-1-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170250\"  \/>Gerard Martin is one of two injuries casualties for Barcelona during Spain U21\u2019s opening game against Slovakia U21  (Photo by Gualter Fatia\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The two players, after all, are not particularly key components in Hansi Flick\u2019s setup and the Catalans, therefore, are open to offloading them in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Before the transfer window opens again, Bar\u00e7a were hoping the two players to perform well in the U21 Euros, so that their market value goes up.<\/p>\n<p>This was particularly relevant in Torre\u2019s case as Barcelona are determined to find a suitor for the midfielder this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a were even open to terminating Torre\u2019s contract, although recent reports suggest they <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-plan-to-renew-contract-of-youngster-facing-an-uncertain-future-at-the-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">could consider a renewal<\/a>, which will allow them more control over the player\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, on the other hand, is considered the backup for Alejandro Balde at left-back, but he too is attracting interest from clubs in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the U21 Euros was an ideal platform for Martin to make his presence felt. But thanks to the injury, his progress will be stalled ahead of a long summer, where Barcelona might consider selling the player for a quick profit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the summer has not quite started yet, Barcelona have been dealt two blows on the very first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[199,11680,6537,94,11681,73308,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-177664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-fc-barcelona","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-gerard-martin","13":"tag-pablo-torre","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114668926839626940","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}