The data with Ferran Torres threatens the great record of David Villa

The new Barça player has needed 22 games for Spain to reach 12 goals, while Guaje, the top scorer for ‘La Roja’ with 59 goals in 98 games, needed 23 games to reach a dozen

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Ferran Torres poses at the Camp Nou after signing as a new Barça player

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Although they are different forwards, there are beginning to be notable similarities in the races of Ferran Torres and David Villa, another ex-Valencia player who now surpasses at Barça as the most expensive signing of a Spanish player. The former Manchester City has cost 55 million, plus about 10 in variables, unseating the Asturian, for whom 40 were paid in 2010.

Another data brings them closer. The ‘Guaje’ is the top scorer in the history of the Spanish team with 59 goals in 98 games, a record that Ferran Torres He could surpass in the future if he maintains the scoring average with which he has started in ‘La Roja’.

The 21-year-old forward has needed 22 games to reach 12 goals, while Villa he reached a dozen in his 23rd international match. He narrowly beats him.

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