Fermín Continues to Show Why Gràcies a Déu His Transfer Exit Broke Down a Year Ago
07.09.26, 16:07 Updated 07.09.26, 17:10
Tom Sanderson
With everything that has happened since, the summer of 2025 seems as though it was an age ago.
As you might recall, however, its transfer window could've quite easily ended with Fermín López leaving the club. Culers should thank their lucky stars that it didn't.
Though there were numerous displays in another league-winning season last term that justified doing this, his and FC Barcelona's blinding start to 2026/2027 have drilled home the point even more.
The rout at the Mestalla on Sunday was the third five-goal demolishing the Catalans have put on in four outings, but the general consensus is that the 0-5 Valencia were made to suffer was the strongest while triggering universal praise both domestically and abroad.
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Tom Sanderson has lived in Barcelona since 2019, when he became Forbes' lead reporter on FC Barcelona and Spanish football. He's been The Guardian's most prominent writer on Brazilian football for almost a decade as part of a journey that began in São Paulo. In London, he also became the Daily Mail's first-ever Spanish content writer in its sports department.