Barcelona prioritising the departure of misfiring attacker, will sell for €40 million

According to Gabriel Sans of Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona are prioritising the sale of misfiring forward Ferran Torres in the summer transfer window. The La Liga champions will happily part ways with the Spaniard if offers worth €40 million were to arrive.

Torres joined Barça only in the winter window of last year, signing from Manchester City in a deal worth €55 million plus add-ons. However, his stint in Catalonia has not met the expectation levels as the 23-year-old has largely misfired.

A return of only 14 goals in over 70 matches does not make for good reading. And as things stand, Torres finds himself behind Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Ousmane Dembele in the pecking order.

With Vitor Roque in line to join the club, Torres’ game-time could take a further hit, and as such Barcelona are hoping to part ways with the Spanish international, even though some reports suggested that manager Xavi counts on him for next season.

The report adds that Barcelona would hope to receive around €40 million for the sale of the former Manchester City and Valencia attacker.

Torres, for his part, remains intent on staying put at Barça and succeeding. The Catalans had received an offer of around €60 million from Newcastle United for him during the winter window but he refused to leave and his stance remains the same.

However, the Blaugrana remain focused on getting him off the books and the plan would be to possibly replace Torres with Yannick Carrasco.

The La Liga champions secured a €16 million purchase option for the Atletico Madrid winger and are interested in acquiring his services, albeit not as a priority.