The first player to change the Spanish Primera for the English Premier League this summer is the national team sweeper Pau Torres. Villarreal’s pillar of defense will continue his career at Aston Villa, as the two clubs agreed on a transfer today – a record for both.The Premier League member did not pay the buyout clause for Torres in the amount of 65,000,000 euros, but it is enough for the transfer to be the biggest purchase in the history of Villa and the biggest sale in the history of Villarreal. The English will pay around 40,000,000 euros as a fixed part of the compensation plus another 5,000,000 through bonuses. Until now, the arrival of Emiliano Buendia (from Norwich for 38,400,000 euros) was a record purchase for Aston Villa, and the departure of Cedric Bakambu (to Beijing for 40,000,000) was a record sale for the Yellow Submarine.##NAJAVA_MECA_7346580##Pau Torres is the second signing of the Birmingham club this summer. Before him, Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans from Leicester arrived as a free agent. Needless to say, Torres was a massive desire of Villa coach Unai Emery. They worked together at Madrigal for almost two and a half years and won the Europa League.Torres is a child of Villarreal, he went through all the youth selections, he was on loan in Malaga and the year before Emery’s arrival he fought for the starting position in Villarreal. He immediately became a standard member of the Spanish national team, and with Emery for two and a half seasons he was irreplaceable in the back line. He often figured as a potential reinforcement for some of the biggest European clubs. From Arsenal, through Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus… Until this summer, when Bayern were seriously after him.However, after establishing contact with the player and the club, the Bavarians decided to give up negotiations and throw all their cards at bringing Kim from Napoli. The representative of South Korea was more to the taste of coach Tuchel, and he is also a marketing “bait” for the market in the Far East, where Bayern are seriously trailing behind Spanish and English giants. When Bayern gave up, Aston Villa took over… In addition to coach Emery, they had another serious asset in the negotiations.🇪🇸✅ 𝐁𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sign Villarreal centre-back, Pau Torres (26) — personal terms also complete, reports @David_Ornstein. Fantastic signing by new sporting director Monchi with Unai Emery…✨ pic.twitter.com/ws7IPxjrfI— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) June 29, 2023 The arrival of the Spaniard Monchi as a director opened the door to a big boost for Aston Villa and the recent transfer guru of Sevilla managed to get a lower price than the buyout clause.Torres is a left-footed stopper who likes to create play from the back line, he is technically great, but despite his height of 191 centimeters, his air game is not his strong point. Emery has had Tyrone Mings, Callum Chambers, Diego Carlos and Ezri Konsa at his disposal from the centre-backs so far. It is likely that all of them will remain at Emery’s disposal because Aston Villa returned to Europe after 13 years, will play in the Conference League and a larger pool of players is needed in all positions.
