Beijing time last night (28th), Barca officially announced that Ferran Torres joined the team, and the two sides signed a contract until 2027. It is reported that Barca will pay a transfer fee of 55 million euros for Ferran Torres, with a floating clause of 10 million euros.
On December 28, Beijing time, Barça officially announced that Spanish striker Ferran Torres officially joined and signed a contract with Barca until 2027, with a penalty of 1 billion euros. According to Spanish media reports, Ferran Torres's transfer fee is 55 million euros, and there is a floating clause of 10 million euros, but it is difficult to achieve.
Felan Torres is a Valencian and his home is located 15 km from the Valencia Sports City. Felan Torres entered the Valencia youth team at the age of 7 and has a strong track record of speed and goalscoring. Ferran Torres is also a player that Barça's youth scouts have been following, and when Ferran Torres was still in the Valencia youth team (17 years old), Barca had the opportunity to sign the main player of the Spanish youth team at all levels for 7 million euros, but ultimately missed this opportunity.
Ferran Torres is a player with great character, and he made Ronaldo his idol at the age of 10 and 11. So from all aspects, this is a player whose characteristics are very close to C Ronaldo, and at the age of 14, Ferran Torres began to train to enhance his physical fitness and muscles, making his physique stronger. Felan Torres also has a temper like Ronaldo, after transferring to Manchester City two seasons ago, he himself said in an interview that he had the opportunity to stay in Valencia at that time, but put forward a lot of conditions to the club that did not look like a young player who was only 19-20 years old, such as Ferran Torres asked Valencia boss Lin Rongfu to negotiate with him personally, and he also asked him to renew his contract on one of the conditions to become the captain of the team.
The competitive and confident character of Ferran Torres is precisely what many coaches who have brought him have appreciated. At the beginning of the season, as England's runner-up in the European Championship, Sterling could not play at Manchester City, because Guardiola gave more opportunities to Ferran Torres, who himself said, "Ferran Torres will be one of the best top 7-8 centre-forwards in the world." But because of the final stage of the UEFA Nations League in October, Ferran insisted on injuring the game to aggravate his right toe fracture injury, so he has not participated in the competition since then. After learning that Barca had invited him, Ferran personally approached Guardiola to ask for a transfer to Barca, and joined Barca with a pay cut, just to find an opportunity to better show his level.
After Koeman left the class, Frenki De Jong had publicly stated that the current Barca lack of character, and Xavi also deeply felt the lack of character of the team after taking office, and such a confident and characterful player as Ferran Torres is what Barca need at present. Every time Barca revives and strengthens, it is inseparable from a very character forward, such as Eto'o and then Villa, and now Ferran also has such a challenge. At present, most local commentators believe that with the addition of Ferran Torres, Barca's trident combination in the second half of the season will be played by Ansu Fati, Felan Torres and Dembele, and Memphis Depay may become an important substitute striker for the team.
Manchester City has happily released Felan Torres to join Barca, in addition to the transfer fee of about 30 million pounds higher than the purchase price 18 months ago, the main reason is naturally as previously reported, the 21-year-old Spanish attacker is not happy at Manchester City.
When Barca executives visited Manchester City's training ground at the end of November, Blue Moon thought that the other side would talk about bringing in Sterling, but Barca revived the proposal to buy Ferran Torres, which had been rejected in the summer. At this point, Manchester City already knew that Ferran had the intention to leave the team, so the attitude was relaxed, "We will not stop him, but his contract to 2025, please make a good offer." ”
It is said that one of the major regrets that Ferran believes to be that he has not been able to adapt to life in Manchester during the epidemic. Guardiola also said: "When he first came, he was in a good mood, and then he was sad and annoyed with the world due to various factors, so his performance became bad. Later, he changed his mind, became more open-minded, smiled again, and behaved better. ”
Last season, Ferran scored the most goals of Pep Guardiola's debut season at Manchester City with 13 goals. He also has a good relationship with his teammates. Aguero had advised him on how to run as a striker, and Fernandinho had helped him a lot in the first few weeks, having a good relationship with Eric Garcia and Laporte, driving for his shift and forming a language learning group with Sterling, talking in English and Spanish.
Before City signed Felan, Enrique discussed with Guardiola about Felan's potential to become No. 9. At the beginning of the season, Guardiola used Ferran to play center and full-time striker Jesus to play winger, and the results were good. But Ferran has never been the protagonist at Manchester City, and Barca and Xavi have promised him to become core players, which makes Ferran more willing to leave the team. Guardiola's attitude toward his subordinates has always been, if you are not happy, then go. And City believe 19-year-old England youngster Palmer has the potential to achieve better development than Ferran. In the end, it was a transfer that all three parties would love to facilitate.
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