{"id":856081,"date":"2026-08-15T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856081\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:14:08","slug":"world-cup-winner-ferran-torres-joins-paris-saint-germain-from-barcelona-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856081\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup winner Ferran Torres joins Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 26-year-old striker cost the Ligue 1 champions a reported 50 million euros ($58m) and has signed a five-year deal.<\/p>\n

Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

Spain international Ferran Torres, who scored the only goal<\/a> in last month\u2019s World Cup final, has signed for two-time Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old striker cost the Ligue 1 champions a reported 50 million euros ($58m).<\/p>\n

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\u201cParis Saint-Germain is delighted to announce it has secured the services of Ferran Torres. The Spanish World Cup-winning forward has signed with the Club until 2031,\u201d read a club statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Torres said in a statement that he was \u201cdelighted to be beginning a new adventure at such an ambitious club as Paris St Germain\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to \u200cthank President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, [PSG\u2019s football advisor] Luis Campos and coach Luis Enrique for giving me the opportunity to join the team, which I hope to help win as many trophies as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Valencia and Manchester City star previously worked with Luis Enrique, who as Spain coach gave him his international debut in a Nations League match against Germany in 2020.<\/p>\n

Torres, who won three La Liga titles while at Barcelona, came on as a substitute in the World Cup final, and the 65-times-capped marksman scored in extra-time to dash Argentina\u2019s hopes<\/a> of retaining their title.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u201cThe Shark\u201d, he joined Barcelona in the 2021\/22 season transfer window and found the net 65 times in 207 matches for Barcelona, including in the Copa del Rey final victory<\/a> against Real Madrid in 2025.<\/p>\n

He scored 21 goals and provided three assists in 49 \u2060appearances across all competitions for Barca in their last campaign, \u2060as the club retained their La Liga \u2060title.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe club would like to express its gratitude to Ferran Torres for his commitment over the last four and a half seasons as a blaugrana and wishes him all the best for the next stage of his professional career,\u201d said Barcelona in a statement on their website.<\/p>\n

His arrival in the French capital may raise Premier League side Liverpool\u2019s hopes of signing PSG\u2019s 23-year-old winger Bradley Barcola, who sparkled for France at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

The two clubs have been in discussions for weeks, with PSG\u2019s apparent asking price of about 150 million euros ($173m) proving the stumbling block.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 26-year-old striker cost the Ligue 1 champions a reported 50 million euros ($58m) and has signed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,2057,596,2592,44,2020,588,85],"class_list":["post-856081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-france","tag-news","tag-spain","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}