MADRID.- He FC Barcelona and the Paris Saint-Germain reached an agreement in principle for the transfer to the French club Ferran Torres, hero of Spain in the final won World Cup 2026published the Spanish press this Thursday.
According to information, the agreement would be for almost 50 million euros (about 57 million dollars) and only bureaucratic and legal issues would remain to be closed, as well as the medical examination, before proceeding to the official announcement of the transfer.
The same sources pointed out that the contract of the 26-year-old attacker in Paris It would be for five years.
Torres, who had one more year on his contract with Barcelona, arrived at the Catalan team in 2021 from Manchester City for more than 55 million euros.
A move to PSG has been strongly rumored in recent days and a source close to the operation told AFP that on Monday Barcelona had rejected an offer of 40 million euros.
In the last two seasons, Torres has scored 40 goals in 94 games with the Barcelona shirt, which would thus register a significant loss in attack, since it is added to the departure of the Pole Robert Lewandowski.
Torres is, possibly, at the moment of greatest media explosion of his career, after having been the author of the goal that decided the last final of the Worldscoring in extra time so that Spain won 1-0 against the Argentina of Lionel Messi in East Rutherford (New Jersey, United States).
Barthez joins Zidane in France
The former French goalkeeper Fabien Barthezworld champion in 1998, will be part of the technical team of Zinedine Zidane in the French team, announced on Thursday the French Football Federation (FFF).
The 55-year-old former player will be responsible for training the national team’s goalkeepers.
Exporter of Toulouse, Monaco, Marseille and Manchester United, Barthez had previously worked as a national team advisor for the national team Raymond Domenech and Laurent Blancbut he did not hold any position during the 14 years in which Didier Deschamps directed to France.
Deschamps, Barthez and Zidane won together as players the World Cup 1998 in France.
The FFF also announced the hiring of assistants David Bettoni and Hamidou Msaidiecollaborators close to Zidane who already worked with him during his two spells at the club. Real Madrid.
