Pau Torres Summer Transfer Odds

Villarreal centre-back Pau Torres will be subject to plenty of transfer interest following an impressive season with the Yellow Submarine last campaign which saw them win the Europa League final in Gdansk against Manchester United.

The 24-year-old Spain international made 33 appearances in La Liga last campaign, averaging 0.5 tackles, 0.7 interceptions, 3.3 clearances and 0.8 blocks per game. Torres was also part of the Spain squad that made it to the semi-finals of the European Championships and is currently taking part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer.

Real Madrid come in as the favourites at 4/1 to sign Torres from Villarreal as Los Blancos boss Carlo Ancelotti will be desperate to strengthen his defence following the departures of club captain Sergio Ramos to Paris Saint-Germain and Raphael Varane to United.

At present, Real’s centre-back options look below par on paper if they are to stand a chance of competing on all fronts next season, as one of Eder Militao or Nacho Fernandez and David Alaba will likely be their first-choice pairing, with Jesus Vallejo coming in as fourth choice following his loan spell at Granada last season.

With Torres rumoured to be worth £51m, Real may opt to go for this deal as it would provide them with a promising centre-back that knows La Liga well and for a decent price in today’s market.

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United come in next and are priced at 6/1 to make a move for Torres despite already signing Varane to add to what looks like an impressive backline at Old Trafford as the Frenchman is expected to partner club captain Harry Maguire.

The Red Devils are aware of Torres’ capabilities having seen what he could do in the Europa League final where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side struggled to break down a resolute defensive pairing of Torres and Raul Albiol.

According to reports from the likes of the MEN and the Mirror, United have been rumoured to be looking at another centre-back signing, as they are looking to loan out Axel Tuanzebe, whilst Eric Bailly’s and Phil Jones’ injury records have significantly hampered their careers at Old Trafford, meaning that they are unreliable as back up options.

United are priced at 6/1 to sign the Spanish centre-back from Villarreal in the current transfer window.

Manchester City are also rumoured to be looking at the purchase of Torres, following troubled seasons for the likes of Nathan Ake and Aymeric Laporte who made just 26 Premier League appearances between them due to the form of John Stones and Ruben Dias, seeing Laporte being rumoured to an exit from the Etihad Stadium.

With several clubs being linked to Laporte such as Real, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, PSG and Tottenham there is a chance that the Spain international could leave in a bid for more first-team football, whilst the signature of Torres would provide City with excellent competition and cover for the likes of Stones and Dias.

Torres has the odds of 16/1 to move to the Etihad Stadium for the 2021/22 season.

Chelsea are the final team on this list of clubs to be linked to Torres, as the Champions of Europe are looking to further improve their squad in order to challenge for the Premier League title.

Since Thomas Tuchel’s arrival at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s defensive record has been excellent, although they could arguably do with some new additions to their backline, as the likes of Cesar Azpilicieta and Thiago Silva will be 32 and 37 years old by the end of September, whilst Antonio Rudiger has shown inconsistency since joining Chelsea from AS Roma in the summer of 2017.

The Blues look set to sign Jules Kounde from Sevilla according to reports from Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, but, they could ideally do with two new additions at centre-back of which Torres could be ideal due to his excellent ball-playing capabilities and defensive attributes.

Chelsea are priced at 20/1 to sign Torres before the end of the summer transfer window.