While his namesake, surnamed Torres, takes the covers after his millionaire transfer from Manchester to Barcelona, Ferran Jutglà (1-2-1999, Sant Julià de Vilatorta) raises the flag of sweaty football. “We have said things to our faces and we have awakened,” he told Barça TV in the Linarejos grass after becoming the key player in the game by 1-2. His speech, plain, and with that gestural language of the one who lives it, is one that he reconciles with football. But he is not without intelligence. In his description of 1-2, Jutglà showed that it doesn’t take a man of letters to explain football well. “The coach (Xavi) talks to us a lot about the interpretation of the game. Nico had received in the intermediate zone, I have separated to the maximum of the mark, I have found the space, I have faced, I have crossed between the centrals and I have scored the goal “.
Discarded by Espanyol, with whom he did not reach an agreement to renew his contract, it can be said that Ferran Jutglà has been, for now, one of Xavi’s great discoveries since he has been at Barça. His debut in Pamplona, just one minute more than the discount, did not have anything testimonial. The Osona striker, with ease to play in the three attacking positions, moved through the two profiles and disturbed Osasuna. His attitude earned him the respect of Xavi, who gave him the starting shirt against Elche. Jutglà, who has pure center forward movements but also moves well from the wings (For example, Linares), he scored a great goal and almost did another. He is brave, he does not stop moving and he is very aware of the opportunity that has been presented to him. Just turning 23 years old, he is in front of the best showcase of his life. And be it at Barça or in another elite team, these are the weeks in which you have the opportunity to gain a foothold in the elite.
Nobody knows what can happen when Xavi recovers his forwards of fame, from Ansu to Ferran Torres passing through Memphis Depay and who knows if Morata, but it is difficult to think that from now on the coach will leave Ferran Jutglà hanging. “I am at the disposal of Barça for whatever you need.” In a difficult situation, in no case has he subtracted and, if the team continues in the Cup, it is partly because of him. Jutglà is football that is sweaty. For him, Granada is another final in his career.