Peps basically rubbished this before it was even said, in his pre match conference Pep said the emergence of Palmer had no impact on him being happy for Torres to go. More easy 2+2 journalism.
Actually think it would have been a decent loan, he's sniffing around the periphery with us but 5 months of playing every week in the prem I think would bring him on so much more, he needs the games to develop both his game and his body to mens football.