{"id":3787,"date":"2021-12-24T18:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T23:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/24\/revealed-when-ferran-torres-will-be-unveiled-as-a-barcelona-player-how-xavi-intends-to-use-him\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T18:00:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T23:00:54","slug":"revealed-when-ferran-torres-will-be-unveiled-as-a-barcelona-player-how-xavi-intends-to-use-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/24\/revealed-when-ferran-torres-will-be-unveiled-as-a-barcelona-player-how-xavi-intends-to-use-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: When Ferran Torres will be unveiled as a Barcelona player &amp; how Xavi intends to use him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fresh pair of insights into Ferran Torres\u2019 imminent move to La Liga giants Barcelona have been provided on Friday.<\/p>\n<h2>Xavi\u2019s first addition<\/h2>\n<p>The name of Spanish international Torres has of course taken its place front and centre in the European media chatter over the course of the last week.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the Manchester City star, currently sidelined through injury, primed to depart the Etihad after just 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>His upcoming destination? The aforementioned Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>As confirmed by a whole host of reliable sources, an agreement has been struck between the respective boards in Manchester and Catalunya, surrounding a deal which will see Torres make the move to the Camp Nou next month.<\/p>\n<p>The \u20ac55 million+ transfer, expected to be spread out over multiple financial years, will see the 21-year-old become the first arrival of the Xavi era at Barcelona:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ferr\u00e1n Torres to Barcelona, done deal confirmed and here we go! The agreement has been completed for \u20ac55m plus \u20ac10m add ons to Manchester City. ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ferr\u00e1n will sign a five year deal as new Barcelona players in the coming hours. He\u2019s always been the priority for Xavi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n1LsaHmISQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/n1LsaHmISQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1473676315156955148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>False 9<\/h2>\n<p>Just when, though, can the Blaugrana faithful expect to actually see Torres donning the club\u2019s colours?<\/p>\n<p>Well, as alluded to above, on Friday, an insight into precisely that has been provided online.<\/p>\n<p>As per a report from Spanish outlet Diario Sport, despite the winter market having not technically even opened yet, Torres will arrive in Barcelona next Monday, the 27th of December, before being unveiled to the club\u2019s fanbase 24 hours later:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a> ??<\/p>\n<p>? La llegada de Ferran Torres a Barcelona est\u00e1 prevista para el lunes 27 de diciembre y su presentaci\u00f3n ser\u00e1 el martes 28<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TLpyaf698T\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/TLpyaf698T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diario SPORT (@sport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sport\/status\/1474363729928245250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/en\/news\/barca\/xavi-wants-ferran-torres-to-play-as-a-no-9-13024901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> on the part of Sport, meanwhile, has also delved into how the latest addition to Barca\u2019s frontline is likely to be utilised by new boss Xavi.<\/p>\n<p>It is suggested that Torres, who can of course line out comfortably either on the wing or through the middle, is set to be made use of in a false 9 role in Catalunya, with Xavi having been impressed by the youngster\u2019s efforts in such a role in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>An Ansu Fati-Ferran Torres-Ousmane Dembele front three? There could well be reason to smile for the suffering Blaugrana faithful yet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/ter-stegen-under-threat-la-liga-shot-stopper-in-barcelona-ahead-of-potential-blaugrana-switch\/\">Ter Stegen under threat? La Liga shot-stopper \u2018in Barcelona\u2019 ahead of potential Blaugrana switch<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/the-reason-barcelona-will-not-play-forward-again-revealed\/\">The reason Barcelona will not play forward again revealed<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A fresh pair of insights into Ferran Torres\u2019 imminent move to La Liga giants Barcelona have been provided on Friday. Xavi\u2019s first addition The name of Spanish international Torres has of course taken its place front and centre in the European media chatter over the course of the last week. This comes with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}