However, signing him will be anything but straightforward. Mundo Deportivo is reporting that the Premier League champions value the 21-year-old attacker somewhere in the region of €70-80 million – a sum beyond Barca’s means currently due to their financial problems.
So, there has been chatter of the Blaugrana offering up a player as a makeweight in order to drive down the asking price for the former Valencia prodigy.
The aforementioned report now builds on the information and claims that, heading into the January transfer window, Barcelona have identified as many as seven players that they consider ‘transferable’, all of whom could be used as part of the deal to bring Torres to Camp Nou.
The Catalans’ transfer list includes expected players such as Samuel Umtiti, Neto Murara and Philippe Coutinho, along with some interesting names like Sergino Dest, Oscar Mingueza, Sergi Roberto and Clement Lenglet.