PSG Close In on Ferran Torres as Barcola Talks Advance and Marseille End Their Signing Drought
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PSG are closing in on a deal worth around €50m for Barcelona forward Ferran Torres, with the Spain international having already agreed personal terms on a four-year contract, according to Foot Mercato. Both parties are working to finalise the transfer before Wednesday so Torres does not need to report back for Barcelona training, with the World Cup final's scoring hero seen in Paris as the ideal replacement for Gonçalo Ramos, who left for AC Milan.
Formal club-to-club negotiations between PSG and Liverpool over Bradley Barcola have begun, though a significant gap remains: Liverpool's offer sits above €100m but below their stated €120m ceiling, while PSG are holding out for a fee between €150m and €170m. Barcola has given Liverpool his personal agreement on a six-year contract, and PSG have grown open to a sale, but no fee has yet been settled.
Bayer Leverkusen have reached a near-complete agreement to sign Argentina defender Facundo Medina for around €20m plus bonuses, with a medical scheduled and a contract through June 2031 in place. Medina, whose parent club is RC Lens, had been on loan at Marseille and reportedly wanted to stay in Provence, giving Marseille leverage that pushed Leverkusen's bid up from an initial €20m offer that had fallen short of the roughly €25m Marseille wanted.
Marseille have registered their first outfield signing of the summer in midfielder Hamed Junior Traoré, who arrives on loan from Bournemouth with what is described as a quasi-mandatory option to buy worth around €7m, according to Yahoo Sports and Foot Africa. The move ends a summer in which the club had gone without a single first-team addition since the window opened on 15 June.
Transfer and squad notes
PSG have loaned midfielder Khalil Ayari out for the season to allow the young player regular football in Ligue 2, part of the club's broader squad management alongside the Torres and Barcola business.
What it means for the league
PSG's business shows a club actively reshaping its forward line, adding Torres to cover for Ramos' exit while simultaneously negotiating Barcola's departure on their own financial terms rather than Liverpool's. Marseille's move for Traoré, arriving after weeks of an unprecedented transfer freeze, suggests the financial constraints that stalled their summer are starting to ease just as the Medina sale brings fresh funds into the club. Lens, as Medina's parent club, stand to benefit from any eventual permanent departure, adding another data point to how mid-table Ligue 1 clubs continue to profit from player development even on loan spells elsewhere.