This is the 'Ferran operation' of Barça: Price, formulas and position of City

At all times it has prevailed the difficulty of the FC Barcelona to carry to Ferran Torres to the Camp Nou, in spite of the predisposition of the footballer of the Manchester City. The economic factor keeps on being the most important point and the Barcelona go out disadvantaged, because the reality is that from the City Condal there is not 'cash' to face the operation in the conditions that demands the picture 'citizen', that is not exasperated by the money, but neither wants to give to his stars.

The English group, as it happened before with Raheem Sterling, has left clear his position to the Barça: it pays or it does not go out the player. Until the moment, the Barça does not have of where 'sustain' and the operation with Ferran Torres complicates , maybe too much. There is not how pay and keep the hope to achieve a formula that benefit to both edicts, put the reality is that the international by Spain likes a lot in the picture culé and, besides, would be interested in returning to LaLiga.

It is necessary to remember that the CEO of the Barça, Ferran Reverter, and Mateu Alemany, director of football, travelled to Manchester to visit the offices of the 'sky blues'. As you report them, from the Barça carried a few weeks giving him gone back to the operation and decided 'desencallarla' after putting all his letters on the table. However, the position of the City is against of the interests of the Barça, put although they would be had to leave to go out to Ferran, only would be through a traspaso.

This movement would cost 80 million euros, as it has informed 'SPORT'. An even upper figure to what was handling up to now (60 'kilos', maximum). From the Etihan Stadium are conscious of the talent and big projection that has Ferran Torres and, as they expressed with the case of Sterling, will not reinforce of free way to a team that could be a rival in the Champions League. The Barça remains between the sword and the wall, because they are few the formulas that can serve them in this situation.

At all times it has spoken of a loan with option to purchase. The intention is that Ferran Torres reinforce to the Barça from January, but his club does not pose this stage. In this case, the culés would have to do charge of his wage in the second half of the season 2021-2022, which would be an economic effort, but simpler to assume that his traspaso definite in winter. To be like this, considering that the Barcelona picture exceeds his limit salarial and that 'okay' of the rule '1 to 4', only would have to free 20 million his mass salarial, in case that the wage of the forward was of 10 'kilos' (parties to the half, for being January).

A formula that could work

In the negotiations between the Manchester City and FC Barcelona, as 'SPORT', could put on the table the possibility of an exchange of players. "For now it works only in what it would be a traspaso to the use, although during the course of the negotiations the Barça could see forced to resort to new formulas to attain his aim", has stood out the half Catalan, by what the option of a barter would not be unlikely.

The problem is the who. The Barça does not have to players that are of the complete interest of the City, further of 'perlas' as Ansu Fati or Pedri González, that have been in the radar of the English, but is impossible that the picture culé give off of these players, place are the stars of the present and future. It is a solution that, for the moment, is not foreseen, but more because the City does not go to accept descartes (Umtiti, Lenglet or the same Coutinho...) And the Barça has little more than offering.

Signing in July?

The before quoted source aims, on the other hand, that in the worst of the cases is the option that the traspaso 'delay' until the summer of 2022, but there will be much more complicated, remembering that the Barça exceeds in this season his limit salarial and the next year will subtract him of the limit of the next year and will have to grasp, as always, to the rule '1 to 4'... And with Ferran will be more complicated still.

In simple accounts, if Ferran costs 80 million euros and the Barça offers him an agreement of six years (the maximum that allows ), the amortización annual will be of 13 millions, more ten 'kilos' of his gross wage, would represent a cost of 23 'kilos' each season. Applying the rule of the '1 to 4', the culés would have to free of his mass salarial 93 millions in plusvalías, with sales or discounts salariales... Something that right now would be impossible.