Lewandowski fit again but 25-year-old player favourite to lead Barcelona attack vs Valencia | OneFootball

Keeping in view his stature as one of the best strikers in Europe, it would have been very hard to see someone replacing Robert Lewandowski in the FC Barcelona squad. However, Ferran Torres, who is not even a natural center-forward, has been able to displace the Pole to a very good extent.

This has been particularly the case since the start of this new season, especially as Lewandowski was not fully fit for the start of the new campaign. However, even though he is fully fit now, SPORT notes that Torres is expected to keep his starting spot in the Barcelona lineup for the upcoming game against Valencia.

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In addition to the generally good performances he has put in since the start of the season, this match would also be special for him as the Spaniard would be playing against the side with which he broke onto the scene, and against whom he has already scored four goals in the last two games.

Thus, the work Ferran Torres did during the summer after overcoming his appendicitis problem at the end of the last season is already bearing fruit. With the calendar set to become increasingly hectic now, Hansi Flick would be glad to have two top-level forwards in his ranks.