{"id":5640,"date":"2022-01-12T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/12\/ferran-torres-receives-first-barcelona-start-against-real-madrid\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:01:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:01:01","slug":"ferran-torres-receives-first-barcelona-start-against-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/12\/ferran-torres-receives-first-barcelona-start-against-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferran Torres receives first Barcelona start against Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Torres given El Clasico nod<\/h2>\n<p>New Barcelona signing Ferran Torres has been given the nod by Xavi to make his full club debut against bitter rivals Real Madrid tonight in their Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a clash in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish international starlet will have a chance to endear himself to the <em>Blaugrana\u00a0<\/em>faithful for the first time after being named ahead of La Masia graduate Ansu Fati and Dutch international star Memphis Depay as Xavi looks to orchestrate a crucial win over Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s outfit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">? JUST IN: Barring last minute changes, this is the XI Barcelona will lineup tonight \u2014 Ter Stegen, Dani Alves, Araujo, Piqu\u00e9, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Frenkie, Gavi, Ferran Torres, Luuk, &amp; Demb\u00e9l\u00e9. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjuanmarti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tjuanmarti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reshad Rahman \u2706 (@ReshadRahman_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReshadRahman_\/status\/1481312269661356042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Expectations around Torres continue to swirl after the former Manchester City forward left the Etihad and opted for a return home to join Xavi\u2019s budding youth revolution at Barcelona this season in the wake of Ronald Koeman\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in tonight\u2019s XI are Uruguayan center-back Ronald Araujo and Spanish midfield starlet Gavi, both of whom are part of the fifteen-player cadre of players that ate 22-years-old or younger in the Barcelona setup currently being stockpiled in Catalunya.<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona preparing for further January deals<\/h2>\n<p>Barcelona look set to remain busy for much of the remainder of the January window after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/barcelona-closing-in-on-second-departure-of-january-window\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club has been linked with multiple moves at the Camp Nou<\/a> as the squad rebuild continues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1534024\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1534024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1534024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332929726.jpg\" alt=\"Ferran Torres set for first Barcelona start against Real Madrid in El Clasico\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332929726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332929726-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332929726-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332929726-872x650.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1534024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 AUGUST 07: Ferran Torres of Manchester City in action during the The FA Community Shield between Manchester City and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium on August 07, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Chloe Knott \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/jan\/10\/barcelona-register-ferran-torres-samuel-umtiti-agrees-new-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samuel Umtiti extending his contract on reduced wages<\/a>, Bar\u00e7a was able to register Ferran Torres but will look to add to the squad further if they are able.<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Coutinho\u2019s completed loan move to Aston Villa gives the club additional latitude to maneuver, and the club has been linked with interest in Rayo Vallecano keeper <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-reach-agreement-to-sign-best-goalkeeper-in-la-liga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stole Dimitrievski<\/a> as well as Juventus forward \u00c1lvaro Morata with Austrian starlet Yusuf Demir also looking set to leave the club on the back of his loan deal from parent club Rapid Wien scheduled for termination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torres given El Clasico nod New Barcelona signing Ferran Torres has been given the nod by Xavi to make his full club debut against bitter rivals Real Madrid tonight in their Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a clash in Saudi Arabia. The Spanish international starlet will have a chance to endear himself to the Blaugrana\u00a0faithful for the first [&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-5640","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\/5640","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=5640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}