7 - Ferran Torres

MonteCuler said:
Said it after the Atletico game, in which he was one of our best players.

Yeah, he's back. Great, fantastic. But season is over. We need consistent quality in this club. He was complete dogshit for like 4 months. Can't happen to a starter at Barça
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True, at the moment, he's like the best performing out of the forwards, and we need money to get quality here, so definitely holding on to him.
 
He is on a consistent path of improvement. Its not impossible to think that the next step is becoming a full time starter.

He's worked his way up and deserves consideration for the #9 role.

If we are going to sign a starting striker next year we should think about selling him as he's likely too good to keep on the bench and may not even want that role going forward.

He will surely be aware the striker spot is vacant next year and wants to put himself forward for it.
 
Said it before but makes no sense for him to leave.

He is Barca best CF and I would bet fancies being better CF than whoever they bring in.

Worst case scenario for him is he tries for another season and if fails will get good offers from top club.

Makes no sense at all for him to agree to leave.
 
JamDav1982 said:
Said it before but makes no sense for him to leave.

He is Barca best CF and I would bet fancies being better CF than whoever they bring in.

Worst case scenario for him is he tries for another season and if fails will get good offers from top club.

Makes no sense at all for him to agree to leave.
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That's true, he can still fight for his spot even if we spend big on a 9.

But I think the most likely scenario is nobody is signed and we start next season with him up front.

The options mentioned would all cost 100m or more and if given the choice Flick would probably redirect any available funds to the defense.
 
Good that he found his form in the last month again, but he needs to improve his constancy. We can't have him hanging dry for 3 months during a season. You can't allow that if you're a Barca striker.
 
I do rate his off the ball game and tenacity. Solid return in terms of goals too. He's a keeper.

Don't think we could rely on him as undisputed starter though. And I'm not just thinking about his level of football. Could turn into mental obstacle for him to carry that load.
 
Good as sub, we can't win CL with him as striker.

He needs to many chances against top level teams, but against not that good opponents he will get many chances and score 1 from 3-4 chances.
 
Not really.

He has a good record against Atleti and Real. Scoring in league and the cup finals/semi finals. Was class v Atelti away in CL this season again and scored v Inter in semi final last season.

If anything he has some games v the poorer sides when has more time to think and can get stuck in own head.

Said it before but he performs v the better and more physical sides for whatever reason.

He is more productive in the last two seasons than Lewa was in his first three and scoring/assisting more against the best teams than Lewa did.

Add to that he works his bollocks off pressing.
 
That through pass he gave to Rashford was a classic Marco Van Basten moment.

Didn't give me any vibes he's leaving the club on a 100m + swap deal for Alvarez.

Never buy from Atletico Madrid. Cholo has the ability to short-circuit creativity.
 
We actually need to take a decision about him/the new signing for number 9 because he is out of contract next year and apparently his renewal process hasn't actually started yet.

The reports were a bit weird and say the club is waiting to see what happens with Lewandowski and the potential 9 signing before they decide to renew him. But surely you renew him anyway regardless of a new arrival, since losing him for free in 2027 would be a massive mistake.

Indications are that he wants to renew and loves playing here but would be unsurprised if his renewal becomes more difficult, if new forwards are signed. If he left for free in 2027 he'd probably have the option of almost any club and a big contract waiting.
 
ajnotkeith said:
Indications are that he wants to renew and loves playing here but would be unsurprised if his renewal becomes more difficult, if new forwards are signed. If he left for free in 2027 he'd probably have the option of almost any club and a big contract waiting.
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The club probably knows what it will take to renew him, and I suspect it is why they are hesitant.

He could be a very expensive backup CF if we manage to get Alvarez or Pedro. And they are fairly comfortable risking losing him for free than tieing him long term and then not being able to move him out.

Ferran is likely to be like Frenkie. He will either renew and stay, or leave for free, he was never going to accept being sold, rather wait and enjoy the City and then and collect bigger pay. So sale isn't really an option either way.
 
Not renewing him would be an ideal choice.

If possible we get a top ST this summer, keep Ferran as backup.
Hope that Hamza or Aslani shows promise, so they can been seen as the backup come 2027. And if not, then renew with Ferran but with lower terms.

Win Win for us.
 
Not renewing him and letting him leave for free is about worst scenario.

More than justifies his role and worth his salary.

Renewing him frees up FFP also.
 
Khaled_a_d said:
The club probably knows what it will take to renew him, and I suspect it is why they are hesitant.

He could be a very expensive backup CF if we manage to get Alvarez or Pedro. And they are fairly comfortable risking losing him for free than tieing him long term and then not being able to move him out.

Ferran is likely to be like Frenkie. He will either renew and stay, or leave for free, he was never going to accept being sold, rather wait and enjoy the City and then and collect bigger pay. So sale isn't really an option either way.
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My view is that if we aren't renewing him then he needs to go on the market immediately. If he would play his last year of contract here as a backup and then leave for free it would be a huge disappointment.

He is a quite serious asset, in terms of market value, his cost should be at least 50m, and if he wasn't in his last year of contract, 70-80m. So we'd get the worst of both worlds, have a great player sitting on the bench who will also leave for free, getting no money for him, and paying his contract when we don't really need him.

I think renewing him regardless of the situation with the new striker is the best option. The first thing is that even if Alvarez or Pedro are signed, he can play across the front 3 and those signings are not guarantees. I would think that he would still find a fairly important role in the rotation and maybe even outperform them if he has a really good season.

Then even if it doesn't fully work out, and we don't need him as Alvarez/Pedro/whoever are very successful, he will probably ask to leave himself and we will be able to make good money from his sale.
 
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