Reason why 18-year-old Spanish prodigy snubbed Real Madrid for Barcelona

Barcelona recently confirmed the signing of 18-year-old Spanish wonderkid Pablo Torre from Racing Santander.

The teenage sensation has been regarded as one of the brightest young players in the country and has been slaying it for Racing Santander in the First RFEF division – the third tier of Spanish football.

So far this term, the Spain U-19 international has already racked up seven goals and seven assists from 24 matches across all competitions. His exploits with his boyhood club had caught the eye of several top clubs, including Real Madrid and Barcelona.

However, in the end, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder, who has been likened to Barça star Pedri, opted to sign for the Blaugrana and will arrive at the club in the summer, once the ongoing campaign is completed.

Now, Fichajes has come up with a report which claims to shed light on Torre’s reasoning behind choosing Barcelona over Real Madrid.

As per the report, the 18-year-old believed that he would stand to get more minutes on the pitch with the first team at Camp Nou than at the Bernabeu. In recent times, Barça have seen young talents like Pedri, Gavi, Nico Gonzalez, Ansu Fati flourish at the club and become regulars in the side.

Whereas, at Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti has hardly given a chance to young players, best displayed by his reluctance to use Miguel Gutierrez at left-back over the declining Marcelo in the absence of first-choice player, Ferland Mendy.

Furthermore, Los Blancos are second in La Liga for teams using the least number of players this season, indicating that Ancelotti does not call upon his substitutes regularly or rotate his troops much.

These factors are said to be have played a role in young Pablo Torre ending up to sign for Barcelona over the current La Liga leaders, as he believes he would stand a greater chance of regular senior football with the Catalan giants.