Barcelona expect Ferran Torres to leave this summer with PSG leading the race. Luis Enrique has personally called the striker to present the Parisian project.
Among PSG's attacking leads, Barcelona striker Ferran Torres is causing his current club to fear a departure, with the club becoming less confident about a possible contract extension.
Recently crowned world champion, Torres must discuss his future with Barcelona in the coming days, once the World Cup title won with Spain has finished being celebrated, but the Catalan club is already beginning to come to terms with this case, according to the local sports outlet Sport. The hoped-for extension is even seen as complicated, and the initial plan to wait until September now seems completely out of the question.
Barcelona has postponed discussions for this extension for months and did not see the interest from other clubs in Torres coming, 26 years old and under contract only until June 2027. Premier League clubs are on his trail, but above all PSG. As L'Equipe explained yesterday, Luis Enrique called him personally to present the Parisian project, his role within it, and the striker was rather convinced by the presentation.
On the Barcelona side, they now expect the striker to depart, and his current silence is seen as a sign of an imminent departure. And if Torres intends to stay in Catalonia, he will have to make financial efforts because Barcelona absolutely cannot compete with the Parisian club on this point; quite the contrary. Not to mention that extending the player's contract would force Barcelona to pay his former club, Manchester City, $9 million in bonuses.
What also does not work in Barcelona's favor is its attitude in another case, that of Julian Alvarez. For weeks, the Catalan executives have been bending over backward to bring in the Argentine, and Torres has clearly noticed that he is not considered in the same way, but rather as the replacement for the possible recruit and nothing more.
Barcelona is waiting for the player's will, which is always the major point of the case, but they are already preparing to negotiate a transfer with PSG, the big favorite in this case. A reunion with Luis Enrique, his first national team coach, is entirely conceivable.
Elsewhere, Lucas Digne is undergoing his PSG medical as his return nears completion. The club also confirmed academy extensions for Thomas Leyssales and Jean-Francois Vulliez.
After being linked with the move for several days, Digne's transfer to PSG is close to being completed, with the player undergoing his medical to finalize his return.
France's World Cup campaign ended last Saturday with a wild 6-4 loss to England, and PSG's French contingent is about to welcome a new member. As reported over the past few days, Lucas Digne is set to complete his return to Paris, more than 10 years after his first unsuccessful spell at the club.
