How Do We Persuade Torres and Gerrard To Stay?

[PaulMcC]

Hope Gerrard hasn't said that.

[Guest LFD]

I don't believe he will have said that.

 

The mail write absolute shite.

[diego]

I would not ask Gerrard to stay. If I had been club manager I would have benched him often last year and the year before. In fact I would have sold him when his publicity got overblown about three years ago and used the funds to bring in a more focused and more consistent player. Rafa should not have humoured him, although I understand the politics of so doing.

 

My concern is not that he will leave but that he will be judged to be not good enough for Real Madrid and his ego will be too big for him to accept a transfer to most other teams. Barcelona would not want him and, despite all the nonsense being spouted, nor would Inter.

 

Torres would be nuts to stay. He came because he was recruited by Rafa who sold him on his personal vision for the club. Rafa realized that with the current owners and management that vision is no longer viable. Torres should seize the opportunity to seek a release from his contract to find a manager who can develop his talents as well as Rafa did. Despite what he has said about English football, Torres would probably not be happy with the bunch of thugs at Chelsea and he could hardly switch to Man Utd. He should go to Barcelona or, as a long shot and only if they can afford him, to Inter.