{"id":61194,"date":"2026-07-26T20:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61194\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:06:18","slug":"barcelona-shields-itself-from-any-betrayal-by-torres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/61194\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona shields itself from any betrayal by Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are keeping Hoffenheim striker Fisnik Asllani on their list of alternatives, bracing for Ferran Torres&#8217;s departure this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalans want to renew Torres&#8217;s contract, which expires in the summer of 2027, but Paris Saint-Germain are circling for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Torres feels underappreciated at Barcelona. He barely featured last season, and the club are chasing Julian Alvarez too.<\/p>\n<p>According to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/barca-fichaje-asllani-recamara-ferran-132827650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sport<\/a>&#8220;, Asllani wants to pull on the Catalan shirt despite reaching advanced stages in his talks with Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is close to finalising a deal with Leipzig, yet he has asked for more time in the hope of an official offer from Barcelona, the destination he prefers above all others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s sporting management see Asllani as an ideal option to rotate the attack or a promising bet for the future, especially with a release clause of 29 million euros that suits the club&#8217;s finances.<\/p>\n<p>Wrapping up the deal hinges directly on outgoings. Julian Alvarez remains the top target up front, while Asllani is the perfect alternative should Ferran Torres leave. Even so, Barcelona won&#8217;t rule out signing Asllani if Torres stays, because his price makes him a rare investment opportunity in the current striker market.<\/p>\n<p>Asllani can score with both feet and carries a real aerial threat, finishing last season in the Bundesliga with 10 goals and 7 assists.<\/p>\n<p>That 29 million euro clause poses no obstacle for Barcelona. They can settle it without selling players first, while trying to negotiate the figure down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona are keeping Hoffenheim striker Fisnik Asllani on their list of alternatives, bracing for Ferran Torres&#8217;s departure this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,788,24616,3367,22983,85,265],"class_list":["post-61194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-bundesliga","tag-f-asllani","tag-f-torres","tag-hoffenheim","tag-laliga","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}