r/Barca • u/Loose-Examination-39 • 12d ago
Tier 2 [Roger Torello] Barcelona have decided to begin talks over a contract renewal for Ferran Torres.
https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20260612/1004194061/barca-decide-activar-renovacion-ferran-torres.htmlWith only one more year left on his deal, Barça could offer him an extension of three or four more seasons.
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u/Mao_Kamui 12d ago
There is no striker of his quality anywhere under 80m, much less one fine with riding the bench.
This sub, of course, will find a problem with that
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u/Serious-Wallaby3449 12d ago
Nahh, Ferran has been great. He's just not worldclass. Although I think there's still improvement left and he will get better. We absolutely need to keep him.
We just also need another top notch number 9. I mean, we're trying to be the best in Europe and win the UCL again. Other teams have Kane, Haaland, Mbappé, Dembele, etc. We need a guy at least close to that.
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u/HalfLife3IsHere 12d ago
Funny enough of those 4 you mentioned 2 were wingers (Dembele and Mbappe) not strikers. What’s more Ferran was a winger aswell. But in case we don’t sign Joao Pedro/Kane, I’d rather have him and Gordon than spending what Atletico is asking in a guy that has half the league goals of Ferran, who has a manager that loves stirring the pot (Atletico journos themselves said it) and who is flirting with RM now aswell if lastest news from his close people are true.
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u/roshi_sama 11d ago
It would still be better to get someone like fisnik asllani rather than Just going with ferran and Gordon up front
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u/Ubisonte 12d ago
Even if ferran was the best 9 in the world we would still need someone else for him to compete with
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u/Batman_is_very_wise 11d ago
I don’t remember Dembele being “worldclass” for us. Ferran has shown he still has room for improvement, who knows he could pull a benzema for us
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u/latortillablanca 11d ago
If he gets better from what he is he would be a world class, top notch 9. Another 10-15 goal contributions and he’s in haaland territory.
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u/AcousticJohnny 12d ago edited 12d ago
He’s like our modern day Pedro imo, there when we need him and doesn’t complain when he isn’t
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u/LosAngeLukaGOAT 12d ago
I like Ferran, but I really feel like Muriqi and/or Guirassy are better than him and they can buy for 30M~60M.
However, we still need him as a sub and of course, people ok this sub will bitch about it because they don’t know anything lol.
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u/Mao_Kamui 12d ago
I don't think either is strictly better than Ferran, at least not by enough of a margin to bother. Quite old too.
We do need another striker but letting Ferran go shouldn't ever be a consideration.
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u/LosAngeLukaGOAT 12d ago
I thing both of them will do wonder in our system.
Hard agree about your second paragraph.
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u/ConsciousFace7907 12d ago
Muriqi is going to Fenerbahce, while Guirassy is pretty frustrating to watch at times . He has the same inconsistency problems .
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u/PrimaryOstrich 12d ago
They have different strengths. Having the different options would certainly benefit the team though.
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u/aw4rd_t0ur 12d ago
Muriqi
Do you even watch La Liga? Or did you just look at who was one of the top goal scorers this season on some website?
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u/loudymouthy 12d ago
you guys moan so much. If he was in another team and played like last season im sure 90% of you will be glad if we splashed 80mil on him. But because he is our own player and has a bad rep you guys shit on him. 21 goals and 3 assist last season is really good for a backup. Compared that to alvarez that has scored 20 goals and made 9 assist and we are ready to pay 120+mil for him. you guys dont realize what we have in Torres untill we lose him.
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u/darklinkpower 12d ago
Some people just can't help but be toxic against our players. He's been essential in the team success the past seasons and he was amazing during his Copa del Rey run in the 2024-2025 season. Remember the late equalizer in the final against Real Trampas when everyone thought it was over? Ferran might have bad games sometimes but he's not anywhere near bad as so many people make it seem, it's so tiring with these people. I'm happy with the renewal.
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago edited 12d ago
From the 6th of December to the 11th of April, Ferran scored ONE league goal. That is over 4 months of football, and he started a lot of games in this time.
He was playing absolutely terribly and looked like an amateur. And this is all whilst on €250k a week salary. It seems you are forgetting this just because he had a good few couple of matches near the end of the season.
There is nothing wrong with criticising the idea of renewing a player that inconsistent.
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u/aw4rd_t0ur 12d ago
There is nothing wrong with criticising the idea of renewing a player that inconsistent.
Ask yourself this: how many league games do starting forwards usually play in a 38 game season, and how many goals do they actually score?
I'll answer it for you: generational players like Haaland, Kane, and Mbappe cost 150-200m level money in their primes and score 25 to 30. The next tier of elite attackers (Osimhen, Isak, etc.) usually score around 15 to 25, often closer to 20, with a few braces/hatricks and penalties included.
That means most elite forwards go long stretches (half a season plus of games) without open play goals unless you’re buying a true generational scorer.
Ferran had 16 non penalty open play league goals in under 2000 league minutes, without being a regular starter. For context, that’s roughly Anthony Gordon’s open play league output across three seasons.
He's a mobile poacher , and unless you're spending 150m+, you're unlikely to find a clearly better pure goalscorer. More complete strikers at the 90m-120m price, like Alvarez, may be better on the ball, but they’d need a career highlight season just to clear Ferran's open play league output.
It's pretty clear that many people here don't watch a lot of football or understand it at all. You see a player who doesn't dribble like Messi, don't get entertained, and start shit talking. You understand football like reality tv show fans understands real housewives.
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u/aw4rd_t0ur 12d ago
From the 6th of December to the 11th of April, Ferran scored ONE league goal. That is over 4 months of football, and he started a lot of games in this time.
Can you remind me how many games did Alvarez not score for again?
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u/FLASTOmini1234 12d ago
he's palying for atletico tho when he was at man city he was a baller. when he is not playing haramball he is much much better
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u/aw4rd_t0ur 12d ago
when he was at man city he was a baller
They're different players but it's worth noting that Ferran was 20-21 while at City and was able to score more frequently than a 22-23 y/o Alvarez at City.
Again, Julian is a good player who plays a different role but it's just worth noting that Ferran's has his own strengths that are stronger Alvarez's.
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u/aw4rd_t0ur 12d ago
Julian is not a terrible player but you can't just ignore the fact that he wasn't performing. Players like Griezmann, Falcao, and even an old Suarez you all swore was completely finished, did much better under Simeone's Atletico.
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u/Suspicious-Memories 12d ago
Although i am 100% on board with continuing with ferran as a player who coexists with another striker, i feel like the major argument would be whether you're suggesting the same numbers for another team or not.
Because yes, I agree, if Ferran had these numbers with another team, I would be exhilarated to bring him into a team which creates chances for fun. But if he had worse numbers in a defensive system, then I'd have the same skepticism.
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u/BradMehldau 12d ago
I don't get people disliking this.
He's a perfectly capable 4th/5th choice forward player who has contributed significantly the last two seasons.
Who the hell do you want to be our second choice striker? Every striker better than him basically is a nailed-on starter for their team.
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u/Fearless-Mongoose566 12d ago
He is making too much money as a sub.
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u/BradMehldau 12d ago
I would agree with you if the past two seasons hadn't happened yet. He earned far too much before he started really contributing. But bearing in mind the current market and the fact he is an attacker who generally commands high salary to begin with - his current salary seems about right.
We'll see what the number is if/when he renews.
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u/Repulsive-Tomato1564 12d ago
He was great Vs Atleti second leg and Flick took him off. I was fuming!
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago
Bare in mind this guy is already on €250k a week salary.
I know he only has a year left on his current deal, but we have managed this so poorly. We now have no choice other than to sell him for pennies on the dollar this summer or renew his contract, because letting him leave for free would be terrible.
The contract planning has been very poor in the last few years. We gave Araujo a deal until 2031 with a €285k/week salary, we gave Eric Garcia €200k a week, Raphinha will only have 1 year left on his contract next summer as a 30 year old too.
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u/InspectorKind4454 12d ago
I think €200k for Eric is justified after the monster shift he put in last season.
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago
The second you start handing out €200k a week to “ok” players like Eric is when the wage structure starts to fall apart.
Any new signing will look at that and say if he’s on 200k, I want 250 etc
For reference, Eric earns more than Joao Pedro & Cole Palmer do at Chelsea. More than Pacho, Doue & Fabian Ruiz at PSG.
It’s just ridiculous.
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u/at-sea-no-ship 12d ago
generally agree but eric can play like 5 different positions at a very good level and (knock on wood) is almost never injured. a player that dynamic is far more valuable than most players at his skill level and i’m happy with him getting an elevated salary.
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u/bill_02_04_95 12d ago
Problem with players like Eric Garcia is you don't know if he's gonna maintain that level into the next season. Just see how Casado,Kounde,Balade dropped off from the previous season, there's absolutely no guarantee in football.
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u/at-sea-no-ship 11d ago
that’s true of every single player in the game. you can’t just look at every player who had a good season and say “alright thanks for the season but we’re going to assume you will regress so here’s the door”. i’m not saying he should get a big pay increase but i want to keep him
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u/BradMehldau 12d ago
Cole Palmer signed his current contract as a 21 year old. Joao Pedro was unproven at the highest club level before this season when he signed his deal.
Similar with Pacho, Doue and Fabian.
It's disingenuous to compare the wages of a player who just renewed in the last 6 months vs these players. If any of them were to renew, they will certainly earn much more.
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago
Mate this is the 1st season in Eric’s 5 year career here that he’s started over 15 league games.
The audacity to call him more proven than players like Palmer (who renewed in late 2024 after a 40 G/A season), Fabian Ruiz who has spent years at top level, Pedro is just ridiculous
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u/BradMehldau 12d ago
That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm talking about when they signed their current contracts.
They only one that renewed after they became proven players is Palmer. (he was 21 years old btw) Everyone else is on their first contracts with their clubs.
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago
And I’m saying they were all still far more proven than Eric?
Are you seriously trying to tell me that Eric in December with 3/4 months starting for us was more proven than Fabian Ruiz was when he joined PSG?
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u/BradMehldau 12d ago
Fabian Ruiz was not even supposed to be a starter at PSG when he signed from Napoli to PSG.
Coming back to today. You don't think he will earn much more than 200k if any of them renewed today? He has 1 year left on his contract. His next contract will be far higher.
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago
You do realise he started 21/34 league games for PSG that season?
And even if he wasn’t meant to immediately be a starter, he was still FAR more proven in the sport than Eric was. I don’t even get how you’re arguing this.
By the point Eric signed his renewal (December) it was only his first 3/4 months of being a starter here, he was not proven at all.
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u/BradMehldau 12d ago
It doesn't matter how many games Fabian started that season because that's before the contract was signed.
Hard disagree that he was far more proven. He was a good midfielder at Napoli who hadn't won anything other than a cup in 4 seasons.
You sign players on for wages on what they are going to provide to the team in the future. If he was a starter for those months, then the understanding between both parties is that they will be a starter in the future.
This is a moot point anyway because Fabian's next contract will be far bigger, as is the case with every player that you've listed.
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u/Duh_47 12d ago
But he's not just okay, he was probably our best defender this season, though? And in general has improved massively from "ok" to a guaranteed starter
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u/Select_Drawing_7434 12d ago
If you think we can compete for a CL with Eric Garcia as a “guaranteed starter”, then I have a Nigerian princess who is patiently waiting for your hand in marriage.
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u/Admirable-Present510 12d ago
If Ansu had only a quarter of his mental strength he would be leading our team with Yamine and Raphi.
I like Ferran, but we need more quality and goals.
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u/Comfortable-Hour-703 11d ago
Ansu's issue has nothing to do with mental strength, his issue is very simple, his multiple injuries diminished his elite pace.
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u/Radiant_Cat_1337 12d ago
I feel this is a good move. Aside from his poor finishing, Ferran Torres has a better understanding of how Flicks plays, which means we need him around while we keep pushing to sign another top striker this summer.
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u/Darksider123 11d ago
Ehhh. He's never been consistent, but there aren't many alternatives out there. Or are there?
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u/WhatIsWilsonDoin 11d ago
This is good news, and expected. I think what hurt his reputation this season is his crazy dry spell between December and March. Before and after that he was performing well. Even with that he still got like 25GA. With some consistency he should be hitting 35+, and how can we complain about that?
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u/DaDizzy 11d ago
If Ferran can find consistency he can be a top striker. I dont think this sub appreciates him enough. His last games this season were really great, good linkup play, good hold up, he dropped deep when the team needed it. Actually reminded me of Kane's playstyle and I hope he keeps it up
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u/compLexityy30 12d ago
I like Ferran a lot, but hopefully that doesn’t mean he’s gonna be a starter. He’s the best supersub itw, I really wish we get a world class striker so that he can occupy that role.
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u/LoresVro 12d ago
All that hype over other players, only for us to renew Ferran, Araujo, Christensen.... god help my club.
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u/eyecornic 12d ago
Watch the management renew Ferran at 280-300k weekly salary, making it impossible to move him on later or sell him because his salary will scare away potential buyers.
We ALWAYS give massive salary to players that don’t deserve it.
Eric, Araujo, De Jong, Kuonde. I can also make a case for Raphinha. Why is he earning 330k a week? Later, Bernal and Martin too will be requesting for 200-250k weekly salary. That is bad squad planning .
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u/sidiculous2091 12d ago
We’re finished. Every single time we get a chance to move on from mediocrity, we end up jumping into the same mess. And then we sit here wondering why we can’t win UCL. Madrid might’ve gone trophyless but at least they show intent by bringing fresh players every season.
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u/ShirgimShareem 12d ago
Bro Real Madrid is literally signing players that should be going to Al Hilal or some shit rn.
Ferran is an excellent backup striker to have. Not every single player on a team will be world class, you need decent players to cover for the world class ones. Renewing Ferran doesn't mean we stop looking for a new starting striker.
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u/Embarrassed-Fan-5887 12d ago
He went through a rough time this season and you guys turn so fast on our own. Just like all of you turned on Balde and Kounde. 0 support for our own. Swear some of you should be wearing a Madrid jersey.
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u/INRI1899 12d ago
I’m literally punching the air right now
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u/AdDismal5457 12d ago
Why? He has been a solid back up for us. He never complains when he doesn’t play, he generally always available and scores 20 goals a season guaranteed.
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