Chelsea, Manchester City or Liverpool? Fernando Torres Will Be The Transfer Story Of The Summer
The departure of Fernando Torres from Liverpool is starting to look increasingly inevitable. There was a touch of defeatism to manager Roy Hodgson’s recent admission that Torres has potentially irreconcilable issues with the Anfield club.
Although Torres will not have been particularly proud of his performances at the World Cup the success he has enjoyed on the international stage will serve as a painful reminder of the stark absence of honours on the domestic front.
The Spanish striker is unlikely to win any significant silverware anytime soon in Liverpool colours. The club are not even in the Champions League and it would be a major surprise if they were able to challenge for Premiership honours again next season.
If Torres does leave Liverpool, then it only remains to be seen where he goes and for how much. His agent has already suggested that Torres will remain in the Premiership. With Manchester United not in a position to start signing £50 million plus players this leaves Torres with a probable choice between Manchester City and Chelsea.
Both clubs are likely to bid for the Spaniard in what looks set to be the transfer story of the Summer. Manchester City are never afraid to flex their financial muscle and have already indicated that they would be willing to pay a British record £70 million for Torres.
Chelsea have been remarkably quiet in the transfer window but Roman Abramovich might view Torres as the perfect purchase to show the Eastlands club’s Arabic owners that Chelsea are still a financial force to be reckoned with.
Manchester City have just made Yaya Toure the highest paid player in the Premiership on £200,000 a week and could conceivably offer Torres significantly more. What they can’t offer is the opportunity to play Champions League football, or any guarantee that they will be challenging for the Premiership title next season.
Chelsea by contrast are always in the quest for honours on both the domestic and European front and are far more likely to give Torres an immediate opportunity to win major trophies for club, as well as country.
While cash strapped Liverpool will welcome a bidding war they may well favour selling Torres to Chelsea. A return to the Champions League is the priority for the Anfield club and if they allow Manchester City to improve to the extent that they actually overtake Liverpool it is far less likely to happen.
Chelsea are virtually guaranteed to finish in the top three so Liverpool can afford to allow them to strengthen their side without jeopardising their chances of claiming the fourth Champions League spot ahead of Manchester City, Tottenham, Aston Villa or even Arsenal.
Chelsea might also offer Liverpool an ideal replacement for Torres in the shape of Nicolas Anelka. The Frenchman, who once had a successful loan spell at Anfield, would probably find himself surplus to requirements if Torres did arrive.
Manchester City have a few unwanted strikers of their own but it is unlikely Craig Bellamy would return to Anfield. Roque Santa Cruz is a very different type of player from Torres and probably won’t appeal to Hodgson as a potential replacement for the want-away Spaniard.
With the lack of available funds at Liverpool, selling Torres now might be a sensible piece of business. If the potential £70 million price tag being discussed does prove to be a realistic figure, the club could probably use some of this money to bolster the coffers and still hand Hodgson a significant sum to reinvest.
Given that Torres has always been injury prone and will have had very little rest over the summer, Hodgson could be forgiven for feeling that now is the time to cash in on his most marketable asset. Liverpool will be reluctant to see the back of their prolific number nine, but this is one deal which could be in the interests of both the club and the player.
The process of Torres’s departure from Liverpool is one which Manchester City and Chelsea will be anxious to precipitate and a British transfer record breaking bid from either club is almost certainly imminent.
No, it wont. He is staying at Liverpool, it has been confirmed. What a waste of time writing this article, huh?
way to recycle 3 day old articles, if you are going to rip off news stories try and at least get them when they are current news, not when the story has moved on….
I suggest the author of this article should have taken note of what Hodgson said in yesterdays press conference before penning this article!!!!!
Roy Hodgson said on Tuesday that Fernando Torres is looking forward to start the new season in Liverpool as a part of the new Liverpool Era along with Joe Cole and Steven Gerrard. End of story…
Sorry, but he’s staying with us. Since the season ended the southern media has on a daily basis told us he would be walking away with Chelsea being the likely option. In an era of little loyalty, from which Liverpool has been both a winner and a loser, it is refreshing to see that a man, who could join any club, probably double his wages and be more or less guaranteed to win something, has decided to stay with a club who everyone knows is in deep trouble. Says much about the man!
Hodgson expects Fernando Torres to stay at Liverpool .but you know best lol
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8853856.stm
Iv never read so much garbage in my life. This is not story corner is it?
If that’s the best you can make up then just give up please because the above story is pathetic considering all the evidence to the contrary and none supporting the mup.pet authors imagination.
lets have it right…..you’ve based that entire article on yesterdays news. He’s goin nowhere apart from melwood for pre-season training. Do try and keep up eh?
Haha. How to destroy your website’s credibility in one easy step!
Since none of the “journalists” in the blogosphere rarely provide quotes or facts of any kind in their scribblings, here are a few relating to this story: “He’s looking forward to coming back here, he’s back on Monday … But he has told us that he’s looking forward to Monday and getting back to work. He’s looking forward to playing for Liverpool next season. That’s what I know and I would suggest that any other reports are erroneous.”
You’re welcome
Poor piece of work, make sure when you write an article is is actually up to date?! That would kind of help…
LOL, £70 million for a player that is always injured? He’ll be off to Barcelona next season and nowhere else…
What a load of recycled spew you speak, it has taken 3 days to merge sensationalsim and age old stories. Wishful thinking on your part and a huge disrespect with the sentence…’Chelsea are virtually guaranteed to finish in the top three so Liverpool can afford to allow them to strengthen their side without jeopardising their chances of claiming the fourth Champions League spot ahead of Manchester City’.
Fact is Chelsea, of whom you are an obvious fan, the only thing you havent mentioned is waving your plazzy flag next to your plazzy fans in the Harding stand, hava an aging squad and won a poor premier league last season and City are in the same boat as Liverpool as in they cant offer Nando CL either!
What regurgitated tripe you speak!
“He’s looking forward to coming back here, he’s back on Monday … But he has told us that he’s looking forward to Monday and getting back to work. He’s looking forward to playing for Liverpool next season. That’s what I know and I would suggest that any other reports are erroneous.”
Face it the London media has failed to upset and unsettle Nando for their little plazzy arse rags. Have a good season following your serial team of shaggers next season.
it can’t be at certain he is staying at liverpool or he would put all of this paper talk to bed by saying he is staying all we have at the moment is roy hodgsen’s comments which are contradictive because 3 days ago he said that torres had issues we with the club and now he says torres can’t wait to be back with liverpool for goodness sake roy a good liar needs a good memory
Are you for real? lololol
Why on earth would Torres want to play in a side with Slow Cole and Ickle Me rather than one with Drogba, Lampard, Essien, Ashley Cole……………that’s the no brainer my scouse friends. Not that he will get the opportunity because one would hope that Abramovic is not that stupid with money.
Fernando needs to look at the future if he wants to fulfill his dreams. I admire Liverpool but they are going nowhere. Chelsea have a very old team and need to rebuild… They cannot compete with Man City in the transfer market but they still have 3/4 of their 1st team to replace. City, fantastic club, the richest club in the world, the most ambitious owners, great fans and on the verge of winning every trophy Fernando could ever dream of. Weigh it up… Man City are the only club Fernando should consider.
This article is total tripe……..He is staying!!!!!!!
If Torres is after another trophyless season, then I’d suggest he stays with Liverpool. If he’s after medals and not money then he ought to talk to Joe Cole about ambition and loyalty…….Just remember that loyalty only works when you have a vested interest.
History… Players want to make it, not be bored by hearing story’s of it. Man City will make history and Fernando needs to be a part of it.
Ranners – your forgetting ‘slow Cole’ won you the league virtually with his goal against Manure last season, i bet he was your idol then, Drogba is off to pastures new, Lampard is fat and getting past it, world cup proved that, terry cant keep his knob in his pants and is a liability with his lack of pace and disruption.. Cole will be affected by his marriage break up – who wouldnt, Essien is injury prone but a beast I will grant you that…my chav friend. Trust me – you will not have the easy ride from alot of poor prem teams that you had last season..
I sincerely hope all the Scousers below are right, and I do not want Roman to give them a £50M warchest. However, I think that you are all pretty naive believing the crap that Hodgson spouted at the press conference – what else was he going to say????
Imminent?…………what a load of CR*P!!!
All bets on torres goin to Chelsea have been suspended , anyone remember the situ with Joe cole and plus no one can say anything until torres himself comes out and says that he wants to stay, torres no.9 in blue it will look good!!!!
Ranners – “Why on earth would Torres want to play in a side with Slow Cole and Ickle Me rather than one with Drogba, Lampard, Essien, Ashley Cole……………that’s the no brainer my scouse friends. ” Simple reason – LOYALTY. Why on earth would Torres want to play in a side with “Never there” Terry, “Despite what the manager says, I will attack and you will take my defensive duties” Lampard, “Ooo, another injury” Essien, “Ka-ching” Cashley Cole rather than one with Gerrard, Joe Cole and Reina, now THAT’s a no-brainer.
Hodgon’s using the media to negotiate. His first article ‘Torres is not happy’ is a come in for another offer for Chelsea. His second ‘Torres going nowhere’ is an ‘improve your first offer’ to Chelsea. Just as Anceloti’s comments ‘we don’t need another striker’ means we’re not going to pay your asking price. The media is used for quite a lot of transfer business. But I’m not telling anyone anyting new here am I? For mine I’d take Aguero if he could pull his wage demands down a bit but it’s notoriously hard dealing with Spaniards in the transfer market. Definitely Madrid and his agent want to sell and that price might drop just before the end of the transfer window as they try to manufacture a bidding war between Chelsea and Inter. But Scousers don’t imagine for one minute that Torres has any loyalty to your club. If he stays it’s because a deal can’t be struck. Very few players actually hand in a transfer request.
Why don’t u think that maybe, just maybe Hodgson not telling the true here. A?
Wait for Torres to say he staying with you.
Maybe Hodgson puts pressure on Torres saying he happy to stay.
You honestly beleave this?
and why Torres didn’t say public he stay with Liverpool until now ? ? ?
Torres, if you real want to have a peace of mind, you have to move out of Liverpool. If you stay then be prepared for injuries as you have to play each and every match. Wake up and go either to Chelsea or elsewhere.
I agree with the writer as the article reflect the reality
This article was actually written on Monday when Hodgson announced that Torres ‘had beef’ with Liverpool so it is indeed out of date.
I just wanted to post an article on this site to see how many people would read it to be honest.
At there have been quite a few responses I shall submit more articles in future.
Thanks.
Torres issue has been resolved. I suggest you get the latest news about transfers before going to the press.
Torres is off, why cant Liverpool fans recognise this
Whether to Chelsea or Man City, Torres realises that if he wants to win trophies he has to leave
Liverpool will take a couple of year to rebalance their squad with the limited funds they have available. Benitez the whining fat Spanish waiter really messed up the club in his latter years, and yes you Liverpool fans will pay for this in the short term
Do people not realise that every year another player hits the limelight, and a hell of lot cheaper than selling Torres now. Take the cash and look for the next Torres would be my advice, Liverpool have the history to attract players
Just bite the bullet boys, and admit that you need to start again
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