Paris Saint-Germain reportedly agree deal to sign Ferran Torres from Barcelona

[p]The two European giants have reached a deal in principle for the 26-year-old forward to move to France on a five-year contract, the media reported, quoting [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] sources.[/p][p]The remaining paperwork and the medical should be a formality, they said.[/p][embed guid="13409c5a-bf99-436c-93d8-abfd7981b10b" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2087962977123045397" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torres-ferran/AVAVLaLt/"]Torres[/a] had only one year left on his contract with the Spanish champions, who rejected an initial offer of 40 million euros on Monday, a club source told AFP.[/p][p]Torres, signed in 2021 from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] for more than 55 million euros, has been used as a centre-forward, backing up Polish striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewandowski-robert/MVC8zHZD/"]Robert Lewandowski[/a], since Hansi Flick took over on the Barca bench in the summer of 2024.[/p][p]Often decisive as a substitute, Torres, who came through Valencia's youth system, has scored 40 goals in 94 matches in all competitions over the last two seasons.[/p][p]He thrashed home Spain's winning goal in extra time of the World Cup final against Argentina last month, giving La Roja their second world title.[/p][image alt="Ferran Torres league career stats" id="f5b6d927-0e04-4d93-b714-615223319bfa" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="97c02bb5-e465-4ab5-99a8-9e10a4514186" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]His departure would add fresh urgency to Flick's search for more attacking options after Lewandowski and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rashford-marcus/COnT2Lh0/"]Marcus Rashford[/a] left.[/p][p]The club have already brought in England international [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adeyemi-karim/GvIzwgo8/"]Karim Adeyemi[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a].[/p]