Barcelona young player Tolentz: I am a reliable full-back and I hope to play for the first team as much as possible

Football 11:59am, 4 August 2025 86

44, 4 youth team players came to Asia with Barcelona to participate in the warm-up match, and Jofrey Tolentz was one of them, and he accepted an interview with the media.

Torentz is a young left-back who joined Barcelona youth training in 2017. In September 2023, Tolentz suffered a serious injury to the cruciate ligament of his right knee in the Spanish U17 team match and was missed for a year, until September 2024. However, Tolentz still performed well in Barcelona's youth team and reserve team last season, and this summer he got the opportunity to train with Barcelona's first team in summer.

In the two warm-up matches of Barcelona's 3-1 victory over Kobe Victory Ship and Barcelona's 7-3 victory over Seoul FC, Tolentz came on as a substitute in the second half, and also assisted Ferran Torres in the match against Seoul FC. Jofrey Tolentz said: "I hope I can play very well and strive to achieve my goal - to get as much playing time as possible in the first team of Barcelona. That's what I will do, and I will continue to work hard to achieve my goals."

Tolentz continued: "I think I am a reliable full-back, I put in 100% of my efforts in every game. My skills are pretty good, I know how to break through... I think I'm doing well in offense. I think I'm doing well in the offense. I'm glad that the coach has given me so much game time and I will enjoy the game. I'm glad I've realized my dream since childhood, which is to make a debut for Barcelona's first team."

Tolentz has renewed his contract with Barcelona until 2028 in May this year, and has received the attention of Barcelona coach Frick. As a 185 cm fullback, his attention, sense of position, good judgment, calmness, dribbling and other characteristics are very attractive. In addition, he has the ability to move forward to play as a winger.

Currently, the left backs in Barcelona include Barde and Martin, and Barcelona also has high hopes for youth training players like Tolentz, but they also know that Tolentz still needs to continue to polish and train. However, at least during this summer's Asian tour, Tolentz's performance satisfied Barcelona coach Frick. In the next warm-up match between Barcelona and Daegu FC, Tolentz is expected to continue to get a chance to play.