Fernando Torres [Merged]

[The Fixer]

Ancelotti on kaka....

"Kaka would do well for my cause and I have spoken with him on a regular basis," he told Il Giornale. "But unfortunately he cannot come: firstly Real Madrid don't want to sell him, and secondly we would need their consent over the transfer, and thirdly it would be a multi-million pound operation. None of these conditions exist."

Ancelotti also rubbished stories linking him with another La Liga flop, Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "If you have someone like Drogba who scores 37 goals then why should I look for another [striker]?" Ancelotti added

What to make of that??

Well, this is a Torres thread but Chelsea will look for midfielders I presume. But I have a feeling that they will look at Germany/Holland.

On the Torres saga The Telegraph says that Liverpool have slapped a £100m price tag on Torres to avoid him being sold.
On Bluemoon I recall people posting it was a deal/agreement at between £47m - £90m which sounds more realistic.

Anyway I think we´ll know soon.

My main point was Ancelotti saying about the multi million pound part not being an option so would it be the same for torres?

 

[SPIDERBOY]

WHO ARE WE GETTING,WHO DO YOU WANT????????????

SOME STATS...

TORRES - AGED 26 - ATHLETICO MADRID - APPS - 214 -GOALS - 82
LIVERPOOL - APPS - 79 - GOALS -56

IBRAHIMOVIC -AGED 28
MALMO - APPS - 40 - GOALS - 16
AJAX - APPS - 74 - GOALS - 35
JUVENTUS - APPS - 69 - GOALS - 23
INTER - APPS - 88 - GOALS - 57
BARCA - APPS - 29 - GOALS - 16#

DZEKO - AGED 24
ZEJEZNICAR - APPS - 40 - GOALS 5
TEPLICE - APPS - 43 - GOALS -16
USTI NAD LABEM - APPS -15 - GOALS - 6
WOLFSBURG - APPS - 94 - GOALS 56

BALOTELLI - AGED 19
LUMEZZANE - APPS - 2 GOALS - 0
INTER - APPS - 59 - GOALS - 20

on this info, it is clear ibrah,has done it at the highest level(and i aint no fan of his).............is he the man for us???????????????

 

[franksven]

Well, this is a Torres thread but Chelsea will look for midfielders I presume. But I have a feeling that they will look at Germany/Holland.

On the Torres saga The Telegraph says that Liverpool have slapped a £100m price tag on Torres to avoid him being sold.
On Bluemoon I recall people posting it was a deal/agreement at between £47m - £90m which sounds more realistic.

Anyway I think we´ll know soon.

My main point was Ancelotti saying about the multi million pound part not being an option so would it be the same for torres?

Very interesting, especially as Torres would carry a big money bid. Also interesting that Liverpool has slapped a 70-100m price tag on Torres, especially with the rumour that we have got Torres for 90m.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

yeah , i've heared £50 mill & 40 mill add ons.....

My main point was Ancelotti saying about the multi million pound part not being an option so would it be the same for torres?

Very interesting, especially as Torres would carry a big money bid. Also interesting that Liverpool has slapped a 70-100m price tag on Torres, especially with the rumour that we have got Torres for 90m.

 

[Daz_Blue]

yeah , i've heared £50 mill & 40 mill add ons.....

Very interesting, especially as Torres would carry a big money bid. Also interesting that Liverpool has slapped a 70-100m price tag on Torres, especially with the rumour that we have got Torres for 90m.

90m Mr Mansour has that in his pocket when he goes to ASDA ....

 

[SPIDERBOY]

he shops in sainsbury's,ive seen him trust me,.

yeah , i've heared £50 mill & 40 mill add ons.....

90m Mr Mansour has that in his pocket when he goes to ASDA ....

 

[persvenality cult]

have we done this yet?

Liverpool slap £100 million price tag on Fernando Torres ahead of World Cup final

By Bob Cass Last updated at 11:53 PM on 10th July 2010

Liverpool are claimed to have put a world record £100million price tag on Fernando Torres in a bid to hold on to their star striker after tonight's World Cup final.

Amid doubts about the plans of the club's American owners, new manager Roy Hodgson is desperate to build a team around the Spaniard and England captain Steven Gerrard.

Despite admitting that he will have to wait until after the World Cup for talks with 26- year-old Torres, Hodgson is prepared to dismiss Chelsea's recent £30m offer out of hand.
Fernando Torres


But another enquiry from a Premier League club was met with the response that the fee is now £100m, which is £20m more than the record Real Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo last summer.

'It seems Liverpool are trying to price Torres out of the market,' said a source. 'The impression they gave is that Torres is going nowhere.'

The more immediate worry for the Spain striker is whether he will get the chance to put behind him a disappointing World Cup in tonight's showpiece final. Torres, who has failed to score, was reduced to holding talks with coach Vicente Del Bosque on Friday in a bid to secure a starting place.

He is due to discover his fate just hours before tonight's final but Del Bosque hinted that Torres may miss out, saying: 'I can't see that we'll deviate much from the semi-final. I have 23 excellent players, all of whom can do a job on the pitch.'

Despite playing in all six of Spain's games so far, Torres has managed just 277 minutes on the pitch, with only two shots on target.
Fernando Torres

Peripheral: Fernando Torres comes on for David Villa in the semi-final against Germany

He was dropped for the semi-final victory over Germany, with five-goal David Villa moving into the centre, and came on only as a late sub.

A knee operation just before the World Cup has hampered his form, but Hodgson is more concerned that he is at Anfield next season.

He has had frank talks with Gerrard in an effort to get him to stay, despite Jose Mourinho's determination to lure him to Real Madrid.

Hodgson must now convince Torres to shelve his desire to play in the Champions League.

That priority put paid to Manchester City's hopes of landing a player they had coveted, knowing they could outbid Chelsea, Barcelona and other suitors.

'Torres won't go to City because they cannot give him what he wants, which is to try to win a European Cup medal,' added the insider.

Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293737/Liverpool-slap-100-million-price-tag-Fernando-Torres-ahead-World-Cup-final.html#ixzz0tKCBueGD" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldc ... z0tKCBueGD</a>

betting on the identity of this 'insider':

7/1 Kenny Dalgliesh
5/1 Alan Hansen
Evens Mark Lawrenson
3/11 on The tea lady

no bets taken on them talking out of their arse.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

anyone know if we are putting stupid buy out clauses in the contracts of any of the players we have signed???????????????

 

[Ducky_]

The only way he will leave is if he forces a move... and that aint going to happen this summer.

 

[franksven]

The only way he will leave is if he forces a move... and that aint going to happen this summer.

I don't agree on this one, money talks, and if were willing to offer silly money they'll accept.