Whether in the upcoming Spanish national derby or in next season's La Liga, Barcelona are hoping they will be able to attribute their future success to newly signed Ferran Torres. The Catalan giants signed the young striker from Manchester City in January for a transfer fee of 50 million euros, and they bet on the young Spain international, as well as his scoring and attacking ability. However, one thing that could hint at the bright future of Barca striker is that Barca's historical rival Real Madrid have tried to sign Himon to At least four times in Torres' career, all of which have failed.
Real Madrid first tried to sign Torres when he was only 10 years old, but the striker's family rejected the offer because they thought the pressure to join such a club was not good for their son. Four years later, when the 14-year-old Torres came to prominence in the Valencia youth team, Real Madrid invited Torres again. However, despite playing as a striker at his current club, Real Madrid wanted to train him as a right-back, and Torres was not interested in that at all.
A few years later, after Torres entered Spain's U17 World Cup squad and promoted to the Valencia first team, Real Madrid made a third attempt for the striker. At the time, Real Madrid considered triggering the €8 million termination clause in Torres' contract, but when they saw that Torres was playing better and better for valencia's first team, and his value soared to 25 million euros, they gave up. The fourth, and possibly the last attempt, was to sign Torres in 2020, when Torres was in the final year of his Valencia contract. The striker is looking for an opportunity to leave the club and Real Madrid can provide him with what he wants. However, the subsequent outbreak forced Real Madrid to postpone contact with Torres, and the Bernabeu hierarchy wanted to sign him for free a year later. Unfortunately for the Spanish giants, their wait did not pay off and City then launched an offensive attack on the player.