Ferran has already found the “ideal club” to win the Champions League. Barça got €50m in return

Ferran Torres has barely put on a PSG shirt and he has already produced a line that sounds slightly uncomfortable from a Barcelona perspective. In his first comments after the move, the Spaniard described Paris Saint-Germain as the ideal club to win his first Champions League. You can call it the usual praise for a new employer. You can also remember which club he has just left. 

The transfer is now official. PSG have signed Ferran until 2031 and handed him the No. 9 shirt, while AS reports that Barcelona will receive around €50 million. Luis Enrique was clearly a major factor too. In PSG’s official interview, Ferran described him as a father figure in football and praised the confidence the coach had always shown in him. 

The timing makes the story even better. Earlier this month Ferran was saying that Barcelona had to show him they wanted him as his contract situation remained unresolved. Barça eventually showed its feelings in a fairly practical way: it accepted PSG’s offer. Ferran, meanwhile, has now found a club he believes can give him the biggest trophy still missing from his career. 

There was no direct attack on Barcelona, so there is no need to invent one. The contrast does enough work on its own: a few days ago it was about Barça proving its love; now PSG is the “ideal club” for the Champions League. Barcelona got the money. Paris got the player. And Ferran supplied the headline himself.