Torres to leave Liverpool
May 18th, 2010 | Published in Ian-ything Goes | 13 Comments
Chelsea are reportedly preparing a bid that would eclipse Cristiano Ronaldo’s value, and I think Torres is bound to leave now.
The press have suggested that Chelsea will cough up 40 million pounds plus THREE players in exchange to snag Fernando Torres.
While that is certainly enough to tempt Liverpool, especially when they could be bagging the likes of Joe Cole, Salomon Kalou, Deco and possibly even Nicolas Anelka and Ricardo Carvalho, I think Torres himself wouldn’t mind swapping the Reds for the Blues.
Here are a few reasons why:
1. No Champions League football
Fernando Torres is in my opinion the best striker in world football. He has it all – pace, acceleration, strength, skill, supreme finishing, excellent heading ability and most importantly, a goal-poacher’s instinct to rival the best.
A player like that needs Champions League football, and Torres himself will be all too aware of that.
2. Rafa Benitez
Rafa is a excellent coach. Let’s get that straight. He knows how to make teams play excellent pressing and passing football, as we witnessed in 2008/09 when Liverpool pushed Manchester United all the way for the EPL title.
But he is terrible at man management. Players like Jermaine Pennant, Robbie Keane, Alvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso and Albert Riera have all left the club because of Rafa’s cold, calculative ways.
That's the smug grin of a man waiting to be sacked and compensated.
Torres wrote in his autobiography that when his teammates were congratulating him over the birth of his daughter, Rafa came up and commented on his positioning during a corner in the last game, like the lame kiasu kid in class that everyone hates.
Sir Alex Ferguson is infamous for fall-outs with his players too. But with Fergie, he ships off players whom he feels have over-stepped the line, have off-pitch distractions, or undermined his authority. With Rafa’s fall-outs, it’s usually the players themselves who want to leave.
3. Liverpool need the money
The Merseysiders ownership issues continue to affect them financially, and were they to accept Chelsea’s (or Manchester City’s) bid, then there’d be nothing to stop Torres from leaving.
Of course, he’d have the perfect noble excuse for leaving too. I can already hear the press conference in my head: “I never wanted to leave Liverpool… They were el sol of mi vida… But the club need the money… And I hate Rafa Benitez too…” You know, pretty much the usual whenever a player leaves Liverpool these days.
4. The “Spain Drain”
Javier Mascherano did his best to goad Liverpool into selling him to Barcelona by talking about how awful life in Scouse territory was.
In all fairness, Liverpool isn’t the best city for a rich footballer to spend his millions. I would know, I did a summer course there once. It’s awesome for students who wanna party, but apart from that, there’s really nothing much in the city. The whole Beatles thing is pretty over-rated too. Apart from Matthew Street, where The Cavern Club is, there’s really nothing much else for fans of the Fab Four.
So Mascherano was complaining that he had no fellow Argies to hang out with in Liverpool, so naturally he’s getting depressed and would rather be winning trophies by default with Barcelona.
But it’s even worse for Torres. Both Arbeloa and Alonso have left, meaning the only Spanish amigo he has left at the club apart from Pepe Reina is Rafa Benitez, who couldn’t give a toss about his daugther.
5. Playing for the champions
Chelsea won the double thanks to a rock solid spine consisting of Terry, Lampard and Drogba.
At Chelsea, Torres will also be playing for the English double champions. The Blues have an awe-inspiring array of talent, and will be challenging for titles as long as John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba are there.
The prospect of playing with them would surely tempt a player who has cut a frustrating figure when playing for Liverpool in recent months.
And I don’t think anybody bought that crap about him being a Liverpool fan when he first went to Anfield. He came to England because he wanted to win trophies, without having to join his beloved Atletico Madrid’s La Liga rivals. He will certainly win his fair share if he joined this Chelsea side.
May 18th, 2010at 5:17 pm(#)
You are stupid…
A) “The prospect of playing with them would surely tempt a player who has cut a frustrating figure when playing for Liverpool in recent months.” — Torres was injured, dumb a$$, who want to play with numbnuts like John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba…
B) “”"Rafa Benitez, who couldn’t give a toss about his daugther”"”
YOU REALLY ARE ONE LFC HATER…
May 18th, 2010at 5:52 pm(#)
mighty reds,
the question is really who doesn’t want to play for a team like Chelsea, especially after this season. Players are leaving Liverpool for a reason, players are complaining about Liverpool for a reason. And for a player like Torres who is almost at the peak of his career, why shouldn’t he leave for a better prospect? And you’re not a Chelsea hater? Calling their player numbnuts?
May 18th, 2010at 5:57 pm(#)
This is probably the worst crap I have read since god knows when. Wasted every minute of my time reading it. Thanks. =_=
May 18th, 2010at 6:20 pm(#)
Accept the truth idiots… Torres will leave Liverpool for Chelsea and he will score his hat-trick against Liverpool next season… MUAHAHAHAHHAHAAH!! GO DIE Y’ALL KOPS!!
LIVERPOOL GONNA CRASH AND BURN TO THE GROUND TOGETHER WIF THEIR DUMB MANAGER AND GREEDY OWNERS… WELL DESERVING
May 18th, 2010at 6:33 pm(#)
Sheesh.
Chill guys. This is just another speculative blog with a speculative post about speculative transfer rumours.
I mean, isn’t this the same guy who posted the ‘exclusive’ story about Torres missing the World Cup?
There’re tonnes of them out there. Like The Sun, for example.
Let’s save the hating and baiting for the matches, ok?
May 18th, 2010at 7:41 pm(#)
A fine example of lazy journalism. “So Mascherano was complaining that he had no fellow Argies to hang out with in Liverpool, so naturally he’s getting depressed and would rather be winning trophies by default with Barcelona”. Yup no fellow Argies because let’s forget that Maxi Rodriguez and Emiliano Insua are capped Argentinians. The point “Spain Drain” doesn’t even make sense. Apart from Reina, Liverpool has 4 other Spaniards in their squad – Albert Riera is still a Liverpool player. But more importantly, players don’t go to a club because of team mates nationality. That’s just fallacy made up by simpletons like the writer.
Spending a summer in Liverpool and that makes you an expert on the city? That’s just pathetic. Profesional footballers have more cash to spend than a lazy journalist who copped a free trip overseas. I’m betting you didn’t enjoy Liverpool because you could only afford to eat chips the entire summer. And if your slothful writing is anything to go by, I doubt you would actually make an effort to see Liverpool the city, other than obvious tourist traps like the Beatles tour.
I’m not saying that Torres is not going to leave, he could well be on his way out. But it’s the lazy, no research and sensationalized way of writing that bothers me. I’d point out a lot more errors but frankly I doubt the writer would understand a word.
May 18th, 2010at 10:10 pm(#)
BAAAAA BAAA BLACK SHEEP!! Go Arsenal!!
May 20th, 2010at 10:06 am(#)
@Rickster: Well said. Doubtless the “writer” will defend himself by saying it’s a blog and not journalism.
But the fact remains that he is supposed to be a journalist, and stuff like this only reflects poorly on his job and on the publication that employs him.
Is it any wonder that this blog and portal, not to mention the parent publication company, are dying a slow death?
(P.S. The only reason I’m even on this page writing this comment is because a friend – a ManU supporter no less! – linked this to me, specifically pointing out The-Sun-like quality of journalism.)
(P.S.S. By The Sun, I refer to UK’s rag, and not the last Malaysian bastion of true quality journalism.)
June 2nd, 2010at 3:05 pm(#)
its torres choice to go where…but benitez has to go..hiddink must take over
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