FC Barcelona may face a serious problem with Ferran Torres next summer. The player from Foios has had little involvement this season under Hansi Flick due to injuries and one of the clubs that showed the most interest in signing him last summer would have already ruled out their interest in him for the upcoming summer market. This club is Newcastle, a team where Barça keeps its radar active, precisely because of the future of another forward.
The culés are keeping an eye on Alexander Isak, who has scored 14 goals in 21 matches in the 2024/25 season and is shaping up as one of the alternatives that Barça is considering as a possible replacement for Robert Lewandowski. However, the 'Magpies' would only let the Swede go for a fee equal to or greater than 100 million euros, an amount that Barça is not willing to pay this year for any player, even though the club is already within the 1:1 rule for signings.
The market value of Ferran, a cause for alarm in Barcelona
In this sense, the only way to negotiate for Isak points to a swap that would include a player from Barça. Ferran would be ideal for this operation, but Newcastle is no longer so clear about signing him. The 'Shark' has barely accumulated 635 minutes of action spread over 16 matches (5 goals and 2 assists) and his market value has dropped to 28 million euros in the latest Transfermarkt update.
The Valencia player closed 2023 with a value of 35 'kilos', while in summer he was valued around 30M€. If his performance does not improve in the coming months, it will be very difficult to find him a team next summer, as Barcelona expects to obtain at least 30 million for his transfer. The culés signed him in 2022 for 55M€ until 2027 and, despite knowing he is a substitute in the team, the forward has no intentions of leaving the azulgrana team this year.