SC Braga star Abel Ruiz is backing former Spain U21 teammate Ferran Torres for big things with Barcelona.

Torres has passed his medical and his move from Manchester City is expected to be confirmed in the next 48 hours.

Former Barca youth teamer Ruiz told Sport: "Yes, in the national team we have coincided since the U16s and we have spent four or five years together. Everything we have achieved there we have done together.

"He is going to be very good for Barça. He is a young player, who is going to offer freshness and that is what Barça needs, young and alive people, who contribute and want to pull the car and be able to lift the team.

"It is true that when in City or in the national team he has played as a No9 and he has responded well and scoring goals. But what I'm telling you, he has always been an extreme and he is a player who is great for the centre-forward. He is a top player wherever he plays."