Ferran Torres will be announced as a new Barcelona player in the next few hours

He will return to Spain, but wearing a Barça shirt. The arrival of Ferran Torres to Barcelona has gone from being probable to imminent. The Spanish footballer would be made official as a new player in the team led by Xavi Hernández in the coming days, this was announced by the journalist Fabrizio Romano through his social networks.

The renowned journalist maintained that Barcelona reached an agreement with Manchester City before Christmas, in the last 24 hours. In addition to this, he specified that the contract would include some benefits in relation to the awards that I managed to raise as a Blaugrana in the next five years.

It should be noted that the Spanish media have revealed what the contract figures are. The signing of Ferran would cost Barcelona about 55 million plus ten in variable. In addition, it is expected that its arrival will be announced on Monday, December 27, and the presentation will be on the 28th of the same month.

Fabrizio Romano not only specified the agreement between azulgranas and ‘citizens’, he also pointed out that with the arrival of Ferran at the Camp Nou, the possibility of Hakim Ziyech dissolves. Torres, 22, has scored 16 goals in 43 games for Manchester City since joining from Valencia last year. In just one season, he conquered the Premier League, the League Cup and played the final of the Champions League.

Guardiola confirmed the departure of Ferran Torres

The Spanish coach announced this Thursday, at a press conference, the possibility of Ferran Torres leaving Manchester City and arriving as a new player at Barcelona.

“I always have the feeling that when Barcelona and Real Madrid knock on the door it is difficult to say no”, Guardiola pointed out that he is also a former player and former coach of the Barça club.

“When he knocked on my door and said he wanted to go, I told him to go. I want my players to be happy. If you are not happy, you have to go. We are not a club where presidents and CEOs say ‘no, you have to stay’ ”, the Catalan coach continued.