{"id":605653,"date":"2021-12-20T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=605653"},"modified":"2021-12-20T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:24:42","slug":"barcelona-still-pushing-for-ferran-torres-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/20\/barcelona-still-pushing-for-ferran-torres-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Still Pushing for Ferran Torres Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1472924273480282113?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/15\/sergio-aguero-announces-football-retirement\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> are still pushing for a deal to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/09\/manchester-city-joao-cancelo-contract-talks\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> forward Ferran Torres. The news comes despite the fact that the Catalan club are in financial disarray \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0a fact that is far from a secret these days. As per Romano, personal terms have been agreed, with a \u20ac50 million bid also lodged. With \u20ac10 million standing between Barcelona\u2019s bid and Manchester City\u2019s valuation, however, the deal is far from complete.<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona Still Pushing for Ferran Torres Deal<\/h2>\n<h3>Torres Can Lead Barcelona Into the Future<\/h3>\n<p>There aren\u2019t many attraction points about a move to Barcelona right now. They are a sinking club, with nothing to hold onto. There is one thing that could interest Torres, however. And that\u2019s the chance to become Barcelona\u2019s star man; their poster boy for both the present and the future. At Manchester City, the Spaniard is one of an endless amount of talented players; he is replaceable. At Barcelona, he could be the main man. And that will attract him.<\/p>\n<p>With one move, Torres could go from one of the extras, to the main hero, the main protagonist in Spain. He has the talent to turn Barcelona\u2019s fortunes around, and would be given the opportunity to show that talent at the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n<h3>Hakim Ziyech the Plan B<\/h3>\n<p>If a deal can\u2019t be reached to take Torres to the Nou Camp, then Barcelona will turn their attention towards <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/16\/chelsea-women-champions-league-wolfsburg\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea\u2019s<\/a> Hakim Ziyech, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1472924273480282113?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Romano<\/a>. Like Torres, Ziyech is one of many talented stars at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>A move to Barcelona would instantly make him the main man with endless game time. At 28-years-old, too, the opportunity may not come around again for the Moroccan to play for one of the most historic clubs football has to offer. January may present him with the chance to make the move.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"rT13cbq3RO9eEamzI8UeWA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1345872176\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rT13cbq3RO9eEamzI8UeWA',sig:'NJe9SRaC6K0WbQOuUN8mzhTkiOkKr5qNyH7TysEnIVw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1345872176',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona are still pushing for a deal to sign Manchester City forward Ferran Torres. The news comes despite the fact that the Catalan club are in financial disarray \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0a fact that is far from a secret these days. As per Romano, personal terms have been agreed, with a \u20ac50 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":605656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1365,6,17,30,3,7188,28],"tags":[3298],"class_list":["post-605653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-manchester-city","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-ferran-torres"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}