Torres: LFC fans have loving words for me

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Fernando Torres is 30 today and it would appear he's overdone the partying somewhat, as he's bizarrely claimed that "the Liverpool fans I have come across have had loving words for me." Put the bottle down, Fernando, you've clearly had too much.

 

The Spanish striker who left Anfield for Chelsea in January 2011 in a £50m deal, was speaking to Spanish newspaper AS on a wide range of subjects including his time on Merseyside, and once again repeated his "the fans don't know the real story" mantra before once again declining to set the record straight and tell us the 'real story'.

 

"I played three-and-a-half years there and they made me feel at home," Torres said. "The affection of the fans was tremendous and made me feel a quiet confidence."

 

Speaking about his reasons for leaving, he trotted out the same old lines we've heard several times before, both from Torres and also his former team-mate Javier Mascherano who had jumped ship a few months earlier: "They (the fans) haven't understood because all they've been told is the version that some people have given the club and the media. They have been sold something which isn't reality.

 

"I'm sure it's not easy to understand when a player leaves, but I have the thousands of letters I've received in London from Liverpool fans thanking me and now following me in another team. Last year we went to play at Anfield and a man over 70, almost in tears, thanked me and wished me the best.

 

"There will be every kind of reaction but the Liverpool fans I have come across have had loving words for me."

 

Thousands of letters eh? From Liverpool fans still following you as you play for Chelsea?  Sure, Fernando, of course you have.

 

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[JoeyJones65]

[stringvest]

 

Last year we went to play at Anfield and a man over 70, almost in tears, thanked me and wished me the best.

 

 

 

Look, I had some onions in my pocket, ok?  And what I said was "you're shit and you have been since you got the hump at Liverpool".  He's deaf as well as selfish, surly, sulky and stupid.

[JermainePennant]

If some fans have forgiven Owen who fucked us over far worse then Torres did then Im not surprised fans have forgiven Torres.

[Jim MM]

Yeah. Brutal bum loving by a dog with shithouse aids words maybe.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Who is he?

[dave u]

Hey Fernando, my arl fella is pushing 70 and he thinks you're a twat.

 

And also crap.

[Trumo]

Maybe we don't know the 'real reasons' because the 'real reasons' are a crock of shite. What does he have to gain by holding back on his side of the story apart from material for a chapter in an autobiography and the advance money and serialisation money that can be made? Maybe I've answered my own question there.

 

How does it feel Nando when your own manager thinks you're shite, has no faith in you and your own club fans want rid of you as soon as they can? I bet the fat contract is a nice comfort. 

[Harry Squatter]

I doubt anyone hates him as he's been shite since he left and he hardly contributed anything to the trophies he won. He was a prick before he left and his attitude stunk, but a lot of that was down to Hodgson and the fact that we looked like we were going nowhere. At least we got 50m for him and brought in one of the best players the club has ever had, no I'm not talking about Andy Carroll.

[Harry Squatter]

I bet the real reasons he is holding back won't come out until he's selling his book as mentioned above. I'm sure the likes of Ayre and Kenny know and would quickly dispute it.

 

He just thought we were crap and had no chance of winning anything so he left. I think despite winning the trophies he has he can't really say he did anything to win them and the fans there aren't arsed about him in the slightest. If he had stayed and knuckled down with the right attitude and partnered Luis Suarez then who knows what he would have been like. Everyone here loved him in a way he would never have been idolised at Chelsea and might have become a better player under Brendan Rogers instead of sitting on the Chelsea bench having Mourinho think you are just a shit squad player. He knew best and he will just have to live with his decision.

[Kevin D]

I still like him. World class striker, while he was here, always seemed a nice guy and spoke up about the owners. I wish we'd gotten more money for him and, at the time, I wasn't happy he was going to Chelsea, but it's his career and it's turned out pretty well, for us, because if Chelsea did have a real £50m striker, that would be unpleasant.

[Boss]

I don't hate him, intact i think i love him. It was the perfect transfer, bought at the right time, scored tonnes of goals for us and was world class, shipped off at exactly the right time as well, just as he started to decline for the maximum amount of money we would ever have got for him.

 

The greatest thing about it is the fact that he's fell off so badly that he's actually hindered the aspirations of a rival, Chelsea playing him at the expense of Sturridge to try and justify the outrageous fee, allowed us to swoop in and get the second best striker in the league for a pittance. Unbelievable business all round and thats all thanks to Fernando.

[deiseach]

The greatest thing about it is the fact that he's fell off so badly that he's actually hindered the aspirations of a rival, Chelsea playing him at the expense of Sturridge to try and justify the outrageous fee, allowed us to swoop in and get the second best striker in the league for a pittance. Unbelievable business all round and thats all thanks to Fernando.

Yep. Notice how no one chunders on about Andy Carroll any more? Because when the dust had settled on all the various transactions, we came out miles ahead of everyone else - unless we were in competition with Mike Ashley's bank balance.

[Bad Red Bull]

To the tune of "Who the fuck is Alice?"

 

Torres? Who the fuck is Torres?

 

I could change the whole song but am not arsed

[Josef Svejk]

Sturridge plus 38 million.

 

That eases the pain.

[deiseach]

To the tune of "Who the fuck is Alice?"

 

Torres? Who the fuck is Torres?

 

I could change the whole song but am not arsed

I'm sure '24 years' is in there somewhere *gulp*

[Mike D]

Itll be people from RAWK, like when your family still speak to one of your ex birds.

[xerxes]

I don't hate him, intact i think i love him. It was the perfect transfer, bought at the right time, scored tonnes of goals for us and was world class, shipped off at exactly the right time as well, just as he started to decline for the maximum amount of money we would ever have got for him.

 

The greatest thing about it is the fact that he's fell off so badly that he's actually hindered the aspirations of a rival, Chelsea playing him at the expense of Sturridge to try and justify the outrageous fee, allowed us to swoop in and get the second best striker in the league for a pittance. Unbelievable business all round and thats all thanks to Fernando.

That is pretty much how it is.

 

He was as awesome a striker as we have ever had when on form, which leading up to his departure he was not.

[KMD7]

I loved him, really loved him, to the level of Kenny, Rush, Digger, God and Stevie G love when he was at his prime here. He looked like a top bloke as well so boy did it fucking hurt when he decided to go, especially with the King back and it looked like he was finding a bit of form again after playing shit for so long.  And then joining those cunts in London, to make it worse. And his subsequent interview on their channel comparing their professionalism to ours.  Talk about kicking someone when they're down. The moody prick.

 

I'll be pissed off if the cunt picks up a league medal , even if he did fuck all to deserve it, much like Owen at the Mancs.  Fuck him, and fuck Chelsea as well along with their cunt of a manager.  Wankers the lot of them

Edited March 20, 2014 by KMD7

[Barnesey]

 If he had stayed and knuckled down with the right attitude and partnered Luis Suarez then who knows what he would have been like.

Not as good as Luis and Daniel.

[WhiskeyJar]

When he left us, I was really angry with him, the way he went about to get his transfer, to label Chelsea a "bigger" club; it was just small time from a player I hold a high regard for.

 

In a way, I was also pissed off because I knew that we were getting Suarez and the possibility of them two pairing up was mouth watering to say the least.

 

Fast forward to today and I can honestly say that I am not angry anymore, I actually feel sad for him. He could of been such a great player for us, but now he is a shadow of the player he once was. In many ways, I question his talent and that his time with us was just an "anomaly". This is not the same Torres that played for us...his link play is okay I guess and he is indeed a little slower, but he has lost that killer instinct that he once had. 

 

Could all be in his brain or did Rafa got the best out of him unlike any other manager he played under?

 

In any case the true Torres used to score goals like this for fun:

 

 

Torres the Red, will always be better than Torres the Blue.

[Aldonose]

Torres was playing just in front of the best attacking midfielder in the world. I think that has a lot to do with how good he looked in his first couple of seasons or so with us.

[Anny Road]

When Torres was at his best he was as good as anyone, ever. Unplayable, lightning quick and deadly. He has not even shown a flicker of that since. I think the injuries had taken the 10% off him.

I wonder why Rafa has not gone in for him since. Bargain to be had if he could get it back. He can't and Rafa knows it. Torres was finished 2 seasons ago.

[milky]

We've gone, Nando. Get over it.

[Dr Nowt]

Torres looks to have a totally different build to me now as well.

 

In the immortal words of Jake 'The Muss' Heke; "Too much weights, not enough speed work.  Useless prick."