{"id":70255,"date":"2026-08-13T20:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70255\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:15:12","slug":"ferran-torres-reportedly-set-for-psg-move-opening-the-door-for-a-potential-julian-alvarez-transfer-to-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70255\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferran Torres reportedly set for PSG move, opening the door for a potential Julian Alvarez transfer to Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Ferran Torres is on the verge of leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/barcelona\/\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a> for PSG, according to journalist Fabrizio Romano, who confirmed the Spanish forward has already been authorized to travel for his medical in Paris.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The deal is worth a guaranteed \u20ac50 million, with Barcelona and <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/psg\/\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PSG<\/a> now exchanging documents to finalize the move within the next 24 hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/ferran-torres\/\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Torres<\/a> will not train with Barcelona in the interim, a clear sign the transfer is considered all but done on both ends.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">His departure leaves an opening in Barcelona\u2019s forward line, one the club could look to fill with <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/julian-alvarez\/\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Alvarez<\/a>. The Argentine has been strongly linked with a move to Camp Nou for months, and Torres\u2019 exit could accelerate those plans.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">With Alvarez as their main target, Barcelona are looking to reshape their attack for the new season, having already added Anthony Gordon, Karim Adeyemi, and Jesse Bisiwu.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Alvarez\u2019s situation at Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Alvarez\u2019s future at Atletico Madrid has become an increasingly tense storyline. The club has set his release clause at \u20ac500 million, with CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin insisting there\u2019s no scenario in which he leaves for less, despite \u00c1lvarez\u2019s contract running through June 2030. <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Julian Alvarez\u2019s frustration with Atletico Madrid reportedly grows over broken promise as Barcelona remains his only option\" href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/news\/julian-alvarezs-frustration-with-atletico-madrid-reportedly-grows-over-broken-promise-as-barcelona-remains-his-only-option\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/alvarez-atletico-2-200x200.webp\" alt=\"Julian Alvarez\u2019s frustration with Atletico Madrid reportedly grows over broken promise as Barcelona remains his only option\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">Julian Alvarez\u2019s frustration with Atletico Madrid reportedly grows over broken promise as Barcelona remains his only option<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Atletico have flatly rejected the idea of a sale, rejecting offers from Barcelona and Real Madrid, framing him as a non-negotiable piece of the squad heading into the new season.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Things came to a head this week. After returning from preseason medical evaluations, Alvarez reportedly told the club not to count on him going forward, prioritizing a move to Barcelona above all else.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Simeone, for his part, maintained that the decision rests with club executives \u2014 though <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/news\/julian-alvarezs-discomfort-with-diego-simeone-reportedly-grows-as-coach-is-considered-only-person-to-unblock-barcelona-move\/\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alvarez\u2019s camp reportedly views the coach as the one person with enough influence<\/a> to push the front office toward approving a deal.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">Whether that influence materializes remains to be seen, but with Ferran Torres\u2019 exit freeing up both space and resources in Barcelona\u2019s attack, the pieces around Alvarez\u2019s potential move are shifting in a way that could eventually put pressure on Atletico\u2019s hardline stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferran Torres is on the verge of leaving Barcelona for PSG, according to journalist Fabrizio Romano, who confirmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,934,674,1498],"class_list":["post-70255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-ferran-torres","tag-julian-alvarez","tag-psg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70255","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=70255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}