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SportsMoney FC Barcelona Star Torres Receives PSG Warning, Reports SPORT By Tom Sanderson ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019. Follow Author Aug 01, 2026, 05:38am EDT Aug 01, 2026, 05:39am EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . Summary Paris Saint-Germain is aggressively pursuing FC Barcelona striker Ferran Torres, reportedly warning him they will outbid any contract renewal offer from the Catalans. PSG, backed by Qatari funds, remains confident in luring the 26-year-old, leveraging former Barcelona boss Luis Enrique's influence and their financial might. Torres's value has surged after scoring Spain's winning goal in the 2026 World Cup final, prompting Barcelona to seek a renewal for his contract, which expires in 2027. Despite coach Flick calling Torres "important," PSG's history of attracting Blaugrana stars like Neymar and Dembele suggests a tough battle for his services. Barcelona faces the challenge of improving his current $11.5 million annual salary and a potential payment to Manchester City if he extends.
Back-to-back Champions League holder Paris Saint-Germain has warned FC Barcelona striker Ferran Torres that it will improve any contract renewal offer tabled to him by the Catalans according to SPORT , which cited anonymous sources.
Furthermore, the Qatar-backed Ligue 1 giant reportedly remains sure that it will be able to convince the 26-year-old to switch allegiances, as we’ve seen with so many former Blaugrana stars in recent years.
Before the World Cup, we saw claims of Torres being in "advanced talks" to join his former Spain boss, and ex-father-in-law so to speak, in Luis Enrique at the Parc des Princes.
Though Neymar’s 2017 world record transfer to PSG is the big one, Luis Enrique ’s tenure has seen Ousmane Dembele and Dro Fernandez flee Catalonia to don similar yet different colors. Furthermore, there have also been approaches for teenager wonderboy Lamine Yamal knocked by by Barcelona president Joan Laporta.
The Ferran reports came as a surprise. Yet with AC Milan smashing its own transfer record to take Goncalo Ramos, Luis Enrique needs another forward.
PSG sporting director Luis Campos will now look towards landing Ferran in an operation his club believes is on track.
At Barcelona, though, they want to renew Ferran on a deal that expires on June 30, 2027 and which was signed when he joined from Manchester City for a $63.5 million (€55 million) fee in late 2021.
Ferran currently earns $11.5 million (€10 million) a year according to Fichajes. After scoring Spain’s winning goal in the 2026 World Cup final against Argentina, his stock has risen meaning Barça will likely have to improve that figure to get him to renew.
The fact that Barcelona will owe Manchester City a further $8-9.2 million (€7-8 million) if Ferran extends is a separate matter.
But with their endless cash reserves, PSG has reportedly warned Ferran that they can improve any offer put on the table to his team by Barça in the coming weeks.
With failed pursuits of Julian Alvarez and Junior Kroupi at the Spotify Camp Nou, however, Ferran’s plight there has changed.
Following Robert Lewandowski’s departure, he knows that there’s no competition for the number 9 shirt perhaps other than youngster Hamza Abdelkarim - who scored two against Birmingham on Friday while Ferran holidayed - and possibly Dani Olmo acting as a “false” operator in that role.
Post-match at St. Andrew’s, Flick said that Ferran is “important for us” while also shedding a little light on a conversation of theirs during the World Cup.
Still, as we’ve already witnessed when luring Dembele and Dro, former FC Barcelona boss Luis Enrique’s powers of persuasion are a force to be reckoned alongside the kind of money that PSG can pull out of its pocket. It remains to be seen who will prevail in securing Ferran’s services.
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