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“You’re not Romário”: The similarities and differences between the exits of two recently-crowned FC Barcelona World Cup winners
20.08.26, 07:58 Updated 09.09.26, 13:21
“You’re not Romário,” Ferran Torres was routinely told on Barça Catalan Twitter, as the saga of his eventual transfer to Paris Saint-Germain unfolded taking various twists and turns.
What was meant by that exactly?
Basically that despite scoring Spain’s winning goal against Argentina in the World Cup final on July 19, the now departed number 7 isn’t, or wasn’t, that guy on the same footing as O Baixinho, who was afforded the liberty of doing what he wanted and holding the club to a sort of emotional ransom.
That other than them both being strikers who left the club shortly after clinching the FIFA showpiece tournament, the similarities between the Valencia and Rio de Janeiro natives end there.
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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.