Barcelona set to sign Manchester City's Ferran Torres despite questions about how they can afford it
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The young talent is expected to arrive at the Camp Nou in January
The rebuild at Barcelona may include a Spanish international being at the center of the project. Barca are close to finalizing a €55 million deal for Manchester City attacker Ferran Torres, according to CBS Sports soccer insider Fabrizio Romano That would see the talented Spaniard move back to Spain after less than two seasons in England, while also showing the clear differences in mentality, philosophy and execution of transfers at each club. Torres went from Valencia to City two seasons ago for half of the reported transfer fee, meaning City are doubling what they paid for him while Barca missed the opportunity to get him relatively cheap and are now paying twice what they could have spent on him a couple years back.
But the move for Torres, which hasn't been officially announced yet, raises some questions. How can a club like Barca, strapped for cash and unable to do anything of note financially in the summer, pull this off?
The answer is, truthfully, unknown. How can a club that couldn't even resign Lionel Messi because of his wages afford a player in Ferran who is expected to cost that much? Messi's salary being off the books is what helped them meet the salary cap for this current season but did not leave them in a position to spend this much.
