Ferrán Torres signed for 5 seasons with FC Barcelona; will be presented on January 3

Manchester City’s Spanish international forward, Ferran Torres, has committed to FC Barcelona for five years, until 2027, the Catalan club announced on Tuesday.

“FC Barcelona has reached an agreement with Manchester City for the transfer of Ferrán Torres. The player has signed a contract with the club for the next 5 seasons, until June 30, 2027, with a termination clause of 1,000 million euros ”(1,132 million dollars), Barça reported in a statement on its website .

The Barça club adds in its statement that the player will be presented on Monday, January 3 at the Camp Nou (05:00 in Ecuador).

Torres, 21, comes from the Valencia CF youth squad, in whose first team he played three seasons (2017-2020) before joining the English club coached by Josep Guardiola.

The signing of Ferrán Torres brings one of the most promising Spanish footballers to Barça and gives Xavi Hernández a forward who can play in any attacking position and who scores goals, a pressing need after the departure of Argentine star Lionel Messi left. to the club without its dozens of annual goals.

Thus, Barça, which occupies only the seventh position in the Spanish LaLiga, were eliminated in the group stage of the current Champions League, having scored only 2 goals in 6 games.

In contrast, Torres scored 16 goals in just over a season at Manchester City (he only played this season until October, when he broke his foot).

He is an important player in the renovation project of the Spanish team, and has already played 22 games with the Red, in which he scored 12 goals, three of them against Germany in the League of Nations match that Spain won 6- 0 in November 2020. (D)