The Ferran Torres Era? How a shocking stat puts the PSG winger ahead of Messi and Mbappé

Two goals in his first minutes wearing the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) shirt. No one, not Neymar, Mbappé or Messi , had had such a prolific debut as Ferran Torres , who, this Sunday against Rennes (2-2), matched the two best goalscoring debuts in the history of his new club.

Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic , in his first match with the Parisians in 2012, and Cameroonian Patrick Mboma , in 1994, had also scored two goals in their debuts with PSG , the French newspaper L"Équipe recalled this Monday.

The charismatic Ibrahimovic , PSG's legendary goalscorer, for whom he scored 156 goals in 180 matches between 2012 and 2016 , netted, on August 11, 2012 against Lorient, two goals that helped level a 0-2 deficit.

Precisely, the two goals by the forward who gave Spain its second World Cup also served this time to level a 0-2 deficit, with two moves in the 71st and 82nd minutes, from passes by his national team teammate and also world champion, Fabián Ruiz .

The former Barcelona and Manchester City player had replaced 2025 Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembélé at halftime, while Ruiz came on in the 59th minute for the Portuguese Joao Neves.

Grateful to the club, his teammates, and Luis Enrique

"Before coming, I had already been told it was a magnificent group, but until you're inside, you don't realize it (...) There are only good people, good players. The truth is that I feel very fortunate to be able to play with them ," said the Spanish hero of the World Cup final against Argentina after the match.

The natural striker from Foios (Valencia) also thanked his main supporter at the Parisian club, Spanish coach Luis Enrique , whom he knows very well from their time together in the Spanish national team.

First of all, I thank him for signing me . He is a coach who has always given me a lot of confidence. He has always conveyed his trust in me, and I hope to repay him," he said.

Luis Enrique, who has taken PSG to the top of European football with two consecutive Champions Leagues (2025 and 2026), responded to the performance of his protégé, whom he gave his debut with Spain in September 2020.

It wasn't bad, was it? He scored two goals (2-2), but I'm happy with everyone who came on in a very difficult match, because we had a lot of difficulties controlling Rennes in the first half (...) for me it is important to see that there are so many players ready