Barcelona sign Man City's Ferran Torres in €55 million deal



"Ferran should be proud of what he has accomplished here at Manchester City," said Txiki Begiristain, director of football.

His first season in a new country was a success. He worked hard for the team and scored goals which helped us win trophies.

Unfortunately, he was unable to play more games this season due to injury, but we wish him well at Barcelona and for the rest of his career."

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He won't be registered in time to face Mallorca on Jan. 2, but he could make his debut in the Copa del Rey against Linares on January 5.

Lionel Messi andAntoine Griezmann left Barcelona last summer due to the club's debts of over a billion dollars.

According to club sources, there won't be any problems inscribing him with LaLiga when the window opens.

The club must also register Dani Alves, but the departure of Griezmann at the end of August and the retirement of Aguero have given them some room to maneuver inside their LaLiga-imposed 97m spending limit for the season.

The Spanish league allows Barcelona to spend 25% of what they save in wages or transfer fees.

Sources say that the club hopes to make more room by ending the loans of Luuk de Jong and Yusuf Demir early and are open to offers for several other players.

Penning Ousmane Dembele down to a new contract would help, as it would spread the amortisation payments for his fee over a longer period of time.

The arrival of Alves on a free transfer in November was followed by the signing of Fernando Torres.

The 21-year-old told City bossPep Guardiola of his desire to leave last week after it was reported that Barcelona had stepped up their efforts to sign him.

When asked if he wanted to keep a player who wanted to play elsewhere, he said he didn't.

I want my players to be happy. If you are unhappy, you have to leave. The guys who want to leave have to leave.

In 43 appearances for City, Torres scored 16 goals. He has 12 goals for Spain.

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