Marca: Barca want to trade players for Ferran Torres, but City are not interested

According to Marca, Barca hope to sign Ferran Torres in the winter window, but due to financial problems they can only exchange players, but Manchester City are not interested in the exchange of Umtiti, Coutinho or Dembele.

Barca hope to find buyers for Umtiti and Coutinho, and if Dembele has no intention of staying with the team, Barca will need to find a replacement for him. City have no intention of letting Torres leave the team, although Torres can get more playing time at Barca. At the same time, Sterling has also caused great problems for Manchester City.

City's assessment of Ferran Torres is 70 million euros, and Guardiola said he would not block the players from leaving if a deal could be reached. For Barca, they struggled to pay the hefty transfer fee, with their initial offer of €45 million. Barca and Laporta offer a player swap, but nothing has yet come of it. Although City have no intention of exchanging players, Barca are still considering adding Coutinho, Umtiti, Dembele or Lenglet to the transfer with Ferran Torres. City will be interested if Barca agree to include Fati in the transfer, but that's unlikely to happen.

At the moment the transfer is unlikely to be completed in the winter window, and the situation has reached an impasse. Barca's interest is clear and the Spain international wants to play at Camp Nou, but those two factors alone are not enough to make the transfer complete. Maybe it won't be until the summer window that there will be real action.

in Justin