Torres mega-thread

[diamondjoe]

maybe he was not crying at all and that 'fact' is BS.

 

If Kenny had stuck his 7 iron up my hole, I'd be crying too.

[Evil_Ways]

Well if Torres is off, then we should move in heavily on Aguero and/or Llorente, at least try to make a move, if Torres had enough sense to pull this earlier we might actually have had the chance to land a proper replacement. Now i just dont thikn there's time...Hope the club pulls something off though.

[kopboy11]

Spurs have just had a 45m euros bid rejected for Kun Aguero.

 

C'mon FSG. Time to get in there.

Spurs doing a bit of a Leeds with their champions league euphoria.Trying to buy everyone by the looks of it.Dark times ahead i reckon.

[Red Nick]

I thought Aguero had a 44m buyout clause ? One season in the Champions League and they think they're the bollocks.

 

He does but he can hardly enforce it by 11.00 tomorrow night.

 

Its just designed to keep him for the rest of the season as they know he will be gone in the summer.

 

Totally different to our approach, with the major difference that Aguero hasnt asked to leave

[Red Nick]

Well if Torres is off, then we should move in heavily on Aguero and/or Llorente, at least try to make a move, if Torres had enough sense to pull this earlier we might actually have had the chance to land a proper replacement. Now i just dont thikn there's time...Hope the club pulls something off though.

 

Unfortunately we should have bought Aguero instead of Suarez, Llorente is more important right now

[MOGLET]

Just heard that we have said he can go for £50M

[Dan]

id rather Llorente to be honest,he is class and would be a good partner to luis.him and aguero are way too alike so im not sure theyd fit together.

(plus we would have a new fernando torres around)

[Dave D]

Just heard that we have said he can go for £50M

 

Keep up son

[StevieH]

Just heard that we have said he can go for £50M

 

Hold the back page.

[MOGLET]

Keep up son

 

Apologies, one eye on work one eye on the news.

[CWD82]

Apologies, one eye on work one eye on the news.

 

[diving headers]

Spurs doing a bit of a Leeds with their champions league euphoria.Trying to buy everyone by the looks of it.Dark times ahead i reckon.

 

high risk game spurs are playing, esp with harry "tumbleweed" redknaap

[Bobby Hundreds]

Apologies, one eye on work one eye on the news.

 

What are you a cyclops newsagent.

 

50 million isnt enough. We need short notice tax on that and a being chelsea fee.

[Antynwa]

He's off as far as I can see. There is no coming back from this one, the Rooney, Tevez and Gerrard situations where over as soon as they begun.

 

He can't have a last minute change of heart, because he's clearly wanting to go.

 

Fuck him, we move on.

 

FSG Need to appease the fans though, lets just make one more statement of intent. Aguero would be fucking terrific

[MOGLET]

What are you a cyclops newsagent.

 

50 million isnt enough. We need short notice tax on that and a being chelsea fee.

 

 

No, air traffic controller, Russian airlines flight TTR123 diverted to stamford bridge, oops.

[Skully]

Tony Barrett

1 minute ago

Possibility of a £50 million transfer to Chelsea for the Spain forward has Merseyside club preparing to buy three new players

 

Liverpool’s determination to deny Fernando Torres a British-record transfer to Chelsea has not prevented them from lining up a trio of deadline-day deals in readiness for the possibility of life without the Spain forward.

 

With Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea owner, ready to test Liverpool’s resolve by making an improved offer for Torres after having a £35 million bid turned down last week, the Merseyside club are ready to complete the £23 million signing of Luis Suárez, from Ajax, while also making a final attempt to agree a fee with Blackpool for Charlie Adam and looking into the possibility of setting up a deal to sign Ashley Young from Aston Villa.

 

Torres held several hours of talks with Liverpool officials at the club’s Melwood training ground yesterday as efforts continued to persuade the 26-year-old to withdraw the transfer request that he submitted on Friday. Torres was accompanied by his representatives from Bahía Internacional, Margarita Garay and Jorge Lera, who continued to press for the move that their client is seeking.

 

Liverpool believe the acquisition of Suárez for a club-record fee illustrates their ambition, but the Torres camp maintains that the move for the Uruguay forward, which will be completed today after he successfully came through a medical, is too little, too late to prompt a change of heart.

 

In the knowledge that Torres remains determined to quit Anfield, Abramovich is unwilling to sanction an offer of £50 million, which has been mooted as the figure that would tempt Liverpool into doing business. He is prepared to do a cash deal, having ruled out the possibility of allowing Nicolas Anelka, the forward, to be used as a makeweight in any transaction, but he is hopeful of striking a bargain with Liverpool as deadline day wears on. Liverpool have also made it clear that they are not interested in taking Daniel Sturridge as part of any deal after Chelsea indicated that they would be willing to offer the England Under-21 forward in part-exchange for Torres, who trained alone yesterday after returning from Madrid.

 

In what will be an intriguing final day of the January transfer window, Liverpool will pursue a deal for Adam, with their confidence that they can finally agree a fee boosted by the knowledge that Ian Holloway, the Blackpool manager, has signed Andy Reid, from Sunderland, as a possible replacement.

 

Like Torres, Adam has attempted to force the issue by handing in a transfer request, but Blackpool have hitherto remained unmoved and have already rejected two bids from Liverpool for the midfield player. Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the Liverpool owner, has approved a final offer as it seeks to improve the playing squad.

 

John W. Henry, Liverpool’s principal owner, contacted Randy Lerner, the Aston Villa owner, at the weekend to inquire into the availability of Young, only to be told that the forward is not for sale.

 

Should Torres leave, though, Liverpool would be prepared to pay up to £18 million for Young.

[fowler9]

He's off as far as I can see. There is no coming back from this one, the Rooney, Tevez and Gerrard situations where over as soon as they begun.

 

He can't have a last minute change of heart, because he's clearly wanting to go.

 

Fuck him, we move on.

 

FSG Need to appease the fans though, lets just make one more statement of intent. Aguero would be fucking terrific

 

I seem to recall the Rooney one lasted a few days? but aside from that I agree

 

the difference between this and the Rooney and Tevez ones are an official bid has been made which kicked it all off

[Thants]

He's off as far as I can see. There is no coming back from this one, the Rooney, Tevez and Gerrard situations where over as soon as they begun.

 

He can't have a last minute change of heart, because he's clearly wanting to go.

 

Fuck him, we move on.

 

FSG Need to appease the fans though, lets just make one more statement of intent. Aguero would be fucking terrific

 

Erm .... Rooney, Tevez and Gerrard situations lasted longer than a weekend.

[RobbieOR]

If that is true that they wont pay £50 million then good luck to them. We shouldnt budge for a penny less.

[dirk grout]

He's off as far as I can see. There is no coming back from this one, the Rooney, Tevez and Gerrard situations where over as soon as they begun.

 

He can't have a last minute change of heart, because he's clearly wanting to go.

 

Fuck him, we move on.

 

FSG Need to appease the fans though, lets just make one more statement of intent. Aguero would be fucking terrific

 

Posts like these are missing the point. Its obvious he wants to leave. There is, however, absolutely no reason why we should sell him to chelsea.

[KirkdaleRick]

roll on tomorrow

[Beantown Red]

has not prevented them from lining up a trio of deadline-day deals in readiness for the possibility of life without the Spain forward

 

Got excited, then read the rest of the article

[Section_31]

Tony Barrett

1 minute ago

Possibility of a £50 million transfer to Chelsea for the Spain forward has Merseyside club preparing to buy three new players

 

Liverpool’s determination to deny Fernando Torres a British-record transfer to Chelsea has not prevented them from lining up a trio of deadline-day deals in readiness for the possibility of life without the Spain forward.

 

With Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea owner, ready to test Liverpool’s resolve by making an improved offer for Torres after having a £35 million bid turned down last week, the Merseyside club are ready to complete the £23 million signing of Luis Suárez, from Ajax, while also making a final attempt to agree a fee with Blackpool for Charlie Adam and looking into the possibility of setting up a deal to sign Ashley Young from Aston Villa.

 

Torres held several hours of talks with Liverpool officials at the club’s Melwood training ground yesterday as efforts continued to persuade the 26-year-old to withdraw the transfer request that he submitted on Friday. Torres was accompanied by his representatives from Bahía Internacional, Margarita Garay and Jorge Lera, who continued to press for the move that their client is seeking.

 

Liverpool believe the acquisition of Suárez for a club-record fee illustrates their ambition, but the Torres camp maintains that the move for the Uruguay forward, which will be completed today after he successfully came through a medical, is too little, too late to prompt a change of heart.

 

In the knowledge that Torres remains determined to quit Anfield, Abramovich is unwilling to sanction an offer of £50 million, which has been mooted as the figure that would tempt Liverpool into doing business. He is prepared to do a cash deal, having ruled out the possibility of allowing Nicolas Anelka, the forward, to be used as a makeweight in any transaction, but he is hopeful of striking a bargain with Liverpool as deadline day wears on. Liverpool have also made it clear that they are not interested in taking Daniel Sturridge as part of any deal after Chelsea indicated that they would be willing to offer the England Under-21 forward in part-exchange for Torres, who trained alone yesterday after returning from Madrid.

 

In what will be an intriguing final day of the January transfer window, Liverpool will pursue a deal for Adam, with their confidence that they can finally agree a fee boosted by the knowledge that Ian Holloway, the Blackpool manager, has signed Andy Reid, from Sunderland, as a possible replacement.

 

Like Torres, Adam has attempted to force the issue by handing in a transfer request, but Blackpool have hitherto remained unmoved and have already rejected two bids from Liverpool for the midfield player. Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the Liverpool owner, has approved a final offer as it seeks to improve the playing squad.

 

John W. Henry, Liverpool’s principal owner, contacted Randy Lerner, the Aston Villa owner, at the weekend to inquire into the availability of Young, only to be told that the forward is not for sale.

 

Should Torres leave, though, Liverpool would be prepared to pay up to £18 million for Young.

 

The way I see it, if Anelka is part of no deal but the chavs aren't prepared to fork out the £50m fee, then it's a simple situation - we keep him until the summer and keep him on the bench if needs be. There's absolutely no point in selling him now if we're going to be left without a striker, none at all. We keep him and we get a fair price for him in the summer - end of.

[CWD82]

So we've asked about Young and been told he's not for sale but if Torres goes we go back in for him and offer £18m to be told that he's still not for sale? OK

[dirk grout]

Also meant to say that we don't have to 'convince' him to do anything. To demand that we sell to one of our rivals is ludicrous. This situation is exactly the same as ronaldo and the mancs. He goes abroad or he stays. Hope the owners show some balls with this.