Fernando Torres [Merged]

[oakiecokie]

I've been told today that Torres will accept our offer. Transfer fee will be £90m!!!!

There will be an announcement next week.

I'd expect Gerrard and Reina aswell for that price! Torres is worth 40-50 million tops.

Think you`ll find this tool "blue eyed boy" has done a runner !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Taylor]

Torres won't be moving anywhere until after he has a holiday

 

[fulhamroad22]

Not the best source, but the Daily Star are running a story on Chelsea making a bid for Torres tomorrow. That's basically all the newspapers now. If we are indeed out of the race, the newspapers have made a horrendous mistake.

 

[lee-mcfc]

Not the best source, but the Daily Star are running a story on Chelsea making a bid for Torres tomorrow. That's basically all the newspapers now. If we are indeed out of the race, the newspapers have made a horrendous mistake.

30m is about right for him

 

[willbeggers]

Can some ITK's explain this one?

The Liverpool hierarchy will tell Fernando Torres that they have no intention of selling him this summer and that they plan to resist the offers from Chelsea and Manchester City for the Spanish striker.


Torres's future has been one of the key issues in the arrival of new manager Roy Hodgson and the feeling is that to sell him – no matter what the price – would undermine any hope of success in the coming season. Torres's future is balanced against that of Steven Gerrard whom the club would allow to leave if he asked to do so – and providing that Real Madrid made a suitable offer.

The difference in attitudes towards the two players is because Liverpool feel that they would owe Gerrard the right to play elsewhere after 12 years of loyal service. They do not feel the same debt towards Torres who signed a new five-year contract in May last year. It is accepted that it may be practical to consider a sale of the Spanish international next summer by which time they hope the club will be stabilised under Hodgson.

There are plans to give the player an attractive and innovative commercial deal that the club hope will grant him greater incentive to stay. But the key element in Liverpool's favour is Torres's long-term contract that means even if he is sold next summer he would still attract a considerable price.

While the latest financial results in May for Kop Football Holdings, Liverpool's parent company, revealed debts of around £473m for the previous financial year, the club still believe that with their new £81m Standard Chartered shirt sponsorship deal they remain attractive to potential buyers. Retaining Torres is key to the strategy of the club's American owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks.

Hodgson said yesterday that he expected both Torres and Gerrard to stay at the club and planned to meet with the former soon after the World Cup final on Sunday. The club do not expect Torres, 26, to make life difficult for them when they outline their intentions to keep him at Anfield for another season.

In contrast to Torres, Liverpool have virtually given up on Javier Mascherano and are likely to sell him to Barcelona this summer. The Argentine was not even mentioned yesterday by Hodgson, who talked about his determination to hold onto Gerrard and Torres. There have also been suggestions that Hodgson could be interested in bringing Peter Crouch back to Anfield, having tried to sign him for Fulham last summer.

Hodgson said: "Obviously Steven and Jamie [Carragher] are the playing heartbeat of the club and it's very important we keep people like that with us. I anticipate there might be a situation where other big clubs will try to sign Steven, but he gave no indication [when he met with Gerrard] that he wanted to leave. Nobody at the club wants him to go so I will be doing my utmost to make sure he stays. I am confident he will.

"Fernando is a wonderful striker and I understand the fans' concerns about his future. Unfortunately with the World Cup still on, I won't be able to meet him face to face for another few weeks. That's just circumstance and you won't hear me complaining about it.

"When I do meet him, I will be doing everything I possibly can to convince him that Liverpool is the place to be. If he sees progress, I am confident he won't want to go anywhere else. I think he understands the club and the city."

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-set-to-tell-torres-he-must-stay-at-anfield-2021992.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 21992.html</a><br /><br />-- Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:49 am --<br /><br />

Not the best source, but the Daily Star are running a story on Chelsea making a bid for Torres tomorrow. That's basically all the newspapers now. If we are indeed out of the race, the newspapers have made a horrendous mistake.

30m is about right for him

Just like £30 million was right for Shevchenko?

 

[city stew]

It's fucking amazing imean come on look it's fucking spectacular !! Look at us now just look at the position we are in lol old city talking about the likes of torres coming to us I know it's not new news but SHIT the BED we might finally see us play sexy football !!










Ahhhh feel better now got that of me chesticuls !

 

[lee-mcfc]

Can some ITK's explain this one?

The Liverpool hierarchy will tell Fernando Torres that they have no intention of selling him this summer and that they plan to resist the offers from Chelsea and Manchester City for the Spanish striker.


Torres's future has been one of the key issues in the arrival of new manager Roy Hodgson and the feeling is that to sell him – no matter what the price – would undermine any hope of success in the coming season. Torres's future is balanced against that of Steven Gerrard whom the club would allow to leave if he asked to do so – and providing that Real Madrid made a suitable offer.

The difference in attitudes towards the two players is because Liverpool feel that they would owe Gerrard the right to play elsewhere after 12 years of loyal service. They do not feel the same debt towards Torres who signed a new five-year contract in May last year. It is accepted that it may be practical to consider a sale of the Spanish international next summer by which time they hope the club will be stabilised under Hodgson.

There are plans to give the player an attractive and innovative commercial deal that the club hope will grant him greater incentive to stay. But the key element in Liverpool's favour is Torres's long-term contract that means even if he is sold next summer he would still attract a considerable price.

While the latest financial results in May for Kop Football Holdings, Liverpool's parent company, revealed debts of around £473m for the previous financial year, the club still believe that with their new £81m Standard Chartered shirt sponsorship deal they remain attractive to potential buyers. Retaining Torres is key to the strategy of the club's American owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks.

Hodgson said yesterday that he expected both Torres and Gerrard to stay at the club and planned to meet with the former soon after the World Cup final on Sunday. The club do not expect Torres, 26, to make life difficult for them when they outline their intentions to keep him at Anfield for another season.

In contrast to Torres, Liverpool have virtually given up on Javier Mascherano and are likely to sell him to Barcelona this summer. The Argentine was not even mentioned yesterday by Hodgson, who talked about his determination to hold onto Gerrard and Torres. There have also been suggestions that Hodgson could be interested in bringing Peter Crouch back to Anfield, having tried to sign him for Fulham last summer.

Hodgson said: "Obviously Steven and Jamie [Carragher] are the playing heartbeat of the club and it's very important we keep people like that with us. I anticipate there might be a situation where other big clubs will try to sign Steven, but he gave no indication [when he met with Gerrard] that he wanted to leave. Nobody at the club wants him to go so I will be doing my utmost to make sure he stays. I am confident he will.

"Fernando is a wonderful striker and I understand the fans' concerns about his future. Unfortunately with the World Cup still on, I won't be able to meet him face to face for another few weeks. That's just circumstance and you won't hear me complaining about it.

"When I do meet him, I will be doing everything I possibly can to convince him that Liverpool is the place to be. If he sees progress, I am confident he won't want to go anywhere else. I think he understands the club and the city."

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-set-to-tell-torres-he-must-stay-at-anfield-2021992.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 21992.html</a>

-- Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:49 am --

30m is about right for him

Just like £30 million was right for Shevchenko?

?
anyways torres is in poor form not worth more than 30-40m imo.

 

[willbeggers]

Can some ITK's explain this one?






<a class="postlink" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-set-to-tell-torres-he-must-stay-at-anfield-2021992.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 21992.html</a>

-- Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:49 am --




Just like £30 million was right for Shevchenko?

?
anyways torres is in poor form not worth more than 30-40m imo.

Tevez was shite against Germany, does that knock £10 million off of his asking price?

Just asking for a bit of realism, to suggest we'll get Torres for 30-40 million is madness.

 

[Adebayor's Hat]

We sit here debating about a player where we have not shown an official interest or made an official offer for him. We haven't even had a meeting (well not been made publicly) basicly I have a feeling Mancini doesn't even want him.

 

[willbeggers]

We sit here debating about a player where we have not shown an official interest or made an official offer for him. We haven't even had a meeting (well not been made publicly) basicly I have a feeling Mancini doesn't even want him.

Yes we've shown official interest, yes we've made an official offer, why does it have to be public? Mancini held a press conference declaring his interest in Torres....