
<p>Ferran Torres has revealed that he began seeing a psychologist last year to help his mental health. The 22-year-old winger departed <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/manchester-city-tv-schedule/">Manchester City</a> for <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/barcelona-tv-schedule/">Barcelona</a> last January in a $60 million move. His time with Barca, however, has not exactly gone as panned so far.</p>



<p>The Spanish giants finished second in <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/la-liga-tv-schedule/">LaLiga</a> last season and were bounced out early in the Copa del Rey and Champions League tournaments. After being transferred to the <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/europa-league-tv-schedule/">Europa League</a>, Barca only made it to the quarterfinal stage of the competition. Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt beat Barca at Camp Nou to knock out the Spaniards and advance.</p>



<p>Along with the team underperforming, Torres has also dealt with personal problems as well. He arrived to Barca with a broken bone in his foot and then only scored in three of 18 LaLiga matches in his freshman season in Spain. </p>



<h5>‘Everything was affecting me’ </h5>



<p>“I found myself in a bottomless pit and I could not see a way out,” Torres said <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4884088/barcelonas-ferran-torres-seeing-psychologist-helped-me-from-bottomless-pit-after-man-city-move" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a> during recent a press conference. “It had never happened to me before. That was the moment when I decided to work with a psychologist.”</p>



<p>“I lost my confidence. Everything was affecting me. Seeing [a psychologist] will become increasingly normalized in football. There are weeks when I don’t go and others when I go three times. We don’t always talk about football, we also talk about my private life.”</p>



<p>“It’s been painful, but at the same time it has been one of the best experiences because now I feel stronger.”</p>



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<h2>Psychologist helped Ferran Torres and goal obsession</h2>



<p>Torres also discussed how he changed his mindset after seeing the psychologist. “I became more obsessed with scoring goals than playing well,” continued the winger. “I wanted to be a player that I am not. I didn’t care if I had bad games, I just wanted to score.”</p>



<p>Despite the fact that he’s not playing as much this season as he would like, Torres certainly seems to be in a better place mentally. “I have always been a player that runs at the opposition and creates. I am usually good in front of goal, too, but I went through a bad spell and I did not know how to manage it. Now I have learned to go out and enjoy myself.”</p>



<p>Torres returns to England on Thursday, as Barcelona plays <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/manchester-united-tv-schedule/">Manchester United</a>. The massive Europa League matchup will determine which powerhouse club reaches the round of 16 in the competition.</p>



<p><em>PHOTO: IMAGO / ZUMA Wire</em></p>


Barcelona's Ferran Torres has claimed that a psychologist has helped him deal with a plethora of issues upon his arrival.

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