Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 07:02• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 07:19

José Bordalás has criticized Barcelona’s buying policy. The Valencia coach finds it incomprehensible that Barcelona has been able to secure the services of Ferran Torres for 55 million euros and also drops the names of Erling Braut Haaland and Álvaro Morata. Bordalás himself has little to spend this winter at Valencia, he was told by the club management.

There was a lot of commotion about it. How can financially impoverished Barcelona afford a transfer fee of 55 million euros – an amount that can increase by 10 million euros due to bonuses – for Ferran Torres? “Barcelona has a debt of three hundred million euros and has attracted Ferran Torres,” concluded Bordalás. “I have read that they are paying 55 million euros for him. I do not know the exact amount, but then they also plan to get Álvaro Morata and the president announced more purchases. He was talking about Erling Braut Haaland. the Fair Play?”

Barcelona is known to have suffered a loss of €481 million in the past year, increasing its debt to over €1.35 billion. However, Laporta said in October that a large-scale loan was taken out from US investment bank Goldman Sachs and that is why there is currently money for Ferran Torres’ arrival. Barcelona recently borrowed 600 million euros from Goldman Sachs, an amount that must be repaid over a period of 35 years. Barcelona would also have some reserves of their own that could be used for this deal with Manchester City.

One of the keys in the entry of Ferran Torres seems to be Ousmane Dembélé. The French attacker is still in possession of an expiring contract for the time being, as negotiations about a new contract are not going smoothly. That the criticism comes from Valencia is somewhat remarkable, as Ferran Torres received his youth academy in the the Dutch city and made his debut in professional football in 2017. Via Manchester City, where he mainly suffered from injuries, he came to Barcelona last month. justifiably. The 22-time Spanish international did not have to count on too many playing minutes in manager Josep Guardiola’s team this season.