The £24.5m winger, who will inherit his idol’s No 21, on joining Manchester City, Messi staying at Barça, and his beach training
As a young Valencia fan Ferran Torres’s heroes were David Villa, Juan Mata and David Silva when they played for the club he joined as a six-year-old.
Now 20 and at
Manchester City after his €27m (£24.5m) transfer last month the winger will wear the recently departed Silva’s No 21 shirt and is at ease comparing himself to Leroy Sané, who left for Bayern Munich in July.