FC Barcelona Coach Flick Speaks On Potential Ferran Torres Exit

FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said astir Ferran Torres' imaginable exit aft their broadside mislaid connected penalties to Birmingham City connected Friday night.

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FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick spoke astir Ferran Torres' imaginable exit aft their broadside mislaid connected penalties to Birmingham City connected Friday night.

“I said pinch him during the World Cup, but now he is connected holiday, he is important for us,” Flick insisted.

As implied, Ferran didn’t characteristic successful the 2-2 friends tie successful England, wherever young Egyptian hopeful Hamza Abdelkarim bagged some of the Blaugrana’s goals.

Like galore World Cup stars successful the squad, he is still connected vacation and should nexus up pinch the remainder of his nine teammates successful the coming weeks.

Ferran is being linked pinch a move distant from FC Barcelona

Even earlier netting Spain’s winning other clip extremity successful the last against Argentina, however, to seal a 2nd World Cup title, Ferran had already been linked pinch a imaginable move distant from the Spotify Camp Nou.

Once more, his erstwhile Spain leader Luis Enrique - for illustration he did pinch Dro Fernandez - attempted to person Ferran that his early lies astatine the Parc des Princes.

Already, we’ve seen reports of the 26-year-old being successful “advanced talks” pinch the Qatari-owned Champions League holders.

Ferran’s statement expires successful nether a twelvemonth from now connected June 30, 2027, meaning that this is the past summertime to gain a reasonable transportation interest for him.

Ideally, successful immoderate imaginable sale, Barça would for illustration to recoup a bully information of the $63.5 cardinal (€55 million) they agreed to salary Manchester City for him successful precocious 2021.

It’s surely existent that Ferran’s banal will person risen since his exploits successful the United States, wherever his onslaught against Lionel Messi’s federation was the only 1 he managed crossed the FIFA-held tourney amid acting arsenic a backmost up to Mikel Oyarzabal.

Yet ideally the Catalans would for illustration to support Torres, who netted 16 goals performing a akin usability for Robert Lewandowski successful 2025/2026, arsenic Flick’s men retained the La Liga title.

Failed pursuits for the likes of Julian Alvarez and Junior Kroupi would time off the defending Spanish champions earnestly short-staffed up beforehand if Torres were to walk.

Lewandowski has since departed to the Chicago Fire aft his ain statement expired, while Hamza Abdelkarim mightiness not yet beryllium fresh for regular clip successful the elite.

When Ferran is backmost and FC Barcelona are fresh to make their play debut against Elche connected August 23rd, we’ll spot who Flick fancies pinch Dani Olmo different action arsenic a mendacious ‘9’. That’s if Ferran is still around.