The paths of Ferran Torres and Real Madrid are condemned to cross. The City forward has aroused white interest for many years, almost since he started kicking a ball. Up to four times he has been able to wear the white shirt.
The first was when he was Alevín (10 years old). He was too young and his family considered that it was better to continue in his environment. The second, shortly after, in Cadet. There, yes, there were real options to see him dressed in the Madrid shirt (the player has always been attracted to that option), but the opinion of one of the managers of the Madrid quarry stopped everything: he told him that he wanted to sign him to be … a right-back! Ferran came to visit Valdebebas, but he did not like the plan to play as a winger and preferred to continue at Valencia.
In 2017 there was again a very real possibility that he would come to Madrid. At only 17 years old, he began to appear in the first team of Valencia and dazzled in the U-17 World Cup in India. His clause was only 8 million, but the white team did not take the step and Valencia moved quickly: they made him a first team card. That activated an option in his contract whereby his clause automatically went from 8 to 25 million euros. Madrid, faced with that rise, decided to wait to see its evolution.
The last time Ferran and Madrid crossed paths was in 2020. With only one year on his contract at Valencia, he decided to leave because he was not convinced by the sports project. The white club contacted their environment, was interested in the situation, but the crisis caused by the pandemic caused that that summer they did not make any spending on transfers. They wanted Ferran to last a year and go free, But the footballer did not want to stay at the club that has trained him in a hostile environment to leave for free. He went to City and parked the Madrid option, although it was by no means a full stop …
Competition in the City
Ferran, as with the National Team, performs every time he has minutes at City (three goals in seven games this season). The problem is that the strong competition in attack (Foden, Grealish, Gabriel Jesús, Sterling …) makes having continuity difficult. This situation is difficult to extend in time and someone on the attack will have to leave. The City got Ferran at a reasonable price (23 million fixed and 12 in variables), so the logical thing is that, if he leaves, he does not ask for an exorbitant amount for his transfer …