Manchester Metropolis Signal Winger Ferran Torres From Valencia | Soccer Information

Manchester City have introduced the signing of Valencia winger Ferran Torres on a five-year deal as Pep Guardiola appears to bolster his attacking choices. The 20-year-old Spaniard, Metropolis’s first signing of the summer time switch window, has penned a five-year contract for a reported preliminary price of 20.9 million pound (USD 27 million). “I’m so glad to be becoming a member of Metropolis,” Torres informed the Premier League membership’s web site. “Each participant desires to be concerned in attacking groups and Manchester Metropolis are one of the crucial attacking in world soccer.

“Pep encourages a extremely open, aggressive fashion, which I really like, and he’s a supervisor with a confirmed monitor file of enhancing gamers. To have him overseeing my growth is a dream.”

Guardiola is eager to strengthen his squad following the lack of their Premier League title to Liverpool — they’ve additionally agreed a 41 million pound price for Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake.

“We’ve got adopted Ferran’s progress carefully and have been very impressed,” mentioned Metropolis director of soccer Txiki Begiristain.

“He’s younger and nonetheless growing, however his technical qualities are precisely what we’re searching for in a winger. He’s fast, direct, can create house with one motion and is able to producing match-winning moments.”

Torres can play on both wing and function by means of the center, with tempo and a capability to beat gamers his predominant attributes.

He made 44 appearances for Valencia final season, scoring six objectives.

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Valencia tweeted: “You arrived at our Academy at 7 years outdated. We’ve got been by your facet by means of all this time seeing you develop as a footballer and as an individual. At this level you might have determined to separate our paths. @FerranTorres20 , we want you the most effective with @ManCity.”

Two-time defending champions Metropolis completed 18 factors behind Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, who had been topped champions in June after a three-month hiatus because of the coronavirus.