43m

Paris St-Germain have agreed a deal in principle to sign Barcelona forward Ferran Torres.

The fee for the Spain international will be around 50m euros (£42.7m).

Torres, 26, was given permission to miss training this week as he finalised his move.

Having scored an extra-time winner against Argentina to help Spain claim their second men’s World Cup this summer, Torres’ stock has risen considerably after a strong season with Barcelona.

Torres scored 21 goals in 49 appearances in all competitions, providing three assists, and helped Barcelona win the La Liga title.

PSG, managed by former Barcelona coach and player Luis Enrique, have won the Champions League in the past two seasons.

The Parisians could lose Bradley Barcola this summer, with the forward wanted by Liverpool.

Should the deal go through, Torres will be the second high-profile forward PSG have signed this summer after the arrival of Maghnes Akliouche from Monaco.

PSG added to their silverware collection on Wednesday by beating Aston Villa 2-1 to win the Uefa Super Cup.

Torres has been at Barcelona since 2022 having previously spent two years at Manchester City.

He has scored 25 goals in 65 appearances for Spain.

Toure’s positivity translates on to the field.

The rapid winger certainly tried to make things happen at Hoffenheim, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Champions League last season.

Of the forwards playing in the Bundesliga in 2025-26, Toure ranked first for successful crosses (39), joint-second for assists (nine), joint-third for dribbles completed (48) and fourth for chances created (45) and big chances created (11).

However, he is far from a maverick.

“You see his qualities with the ball, his speed and his hard work,” Besara said. “But the thing that amazed me was he could take directions from the coaches and the players, and do it directly on the pitch.

“I remember previously he had scored some goals for Hammarby, but he had not scored a header at the time.

“The day before a game, our coach [Kim Hellberg] said, ‘Bazou, I want you to go to the first post and head the ball’. He went on to score two headers in that game.

“He’s really adaptable at taking tactical advice.”

Toure’s ability to quickly process information has been key to the improvements he has made out of possession, too.

Toure came out on top in 152 duels and won the ball back 127 times in his final league campaign at Hoffenheim.

The Premier League is another step up, though.

Toure is still raw and needs to work on various areas of his game, including his finishing.

He will also need time to adjust to the league’s physicality and intensity, and the system Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe uses.

But the winger will be able to fall back on recent experience after repeatedly adapting to new environments over the years.

“I know he will be really successful,” Besara said. “Mark my words.”