Manchester City decided to sell Ferran Torres to Barcelona back in January 2022 for a huge profit.
The Citizens signed the Spain international from Valencia for just £20.9m in August 2020.
Manchester City then sold the 23-year-old to Barcelona for a sum of €55m (£48m).
Now, a major Spanish news outlet have claimed that Manchester City will be “dancing” about how the deal for Ferran Torres turned out…
What’s the story?
Well, things have not been easy for the Spaniard at Barcelona.
Torres has only scored 18 goals in 82 appearances for the Spanish giants.
Now, Spanish news outlet AS have analysed the £48m transfer.
Journalists from AS said: “It was done in a moment of desperation because I think Barcelona were seventh in the league, it was the winter market and if they didn’t get into the Champions League, it was an absolute disaster. He was at Manchester City, I’m sure they were dancing.
“They went out to dance in the square (when that deal was done). If you had to buy him now, would you pay €55m? Surely not. Right now, I wouldn’t even pay €20m (£17m) for him. In the last few games, he has not convinced me of anything.”
A brutal analysis of Torres – to say the least.
Manchester City must be proud of Ferran Torres sale
Of course, a lot of this deal was down to Barcelona panicking, but Manchester City have to be proud of their work here.
As aforesaid, Torres was only signed for a £20.9m fee.
The Foios-born forward then scored 16 goals in 43 appearances at Manchester City, helping Pep Guardiola win the Premier League and Carabao Cup.
Torres then departed and secured Manchester City a huge £27.1m profit in the process.
Of course, people will argue that Manchester City have a large transfer budget, but these kind of deals – in which profit flows nicely and trophies are still being won – allow Txiki Begiristain to operate comfortably without the threat of Financial Fair Play sanctions.
While it is sad to see Torres struggling, Manchester City pulled off a great bit of business here.
