Fernando Torres [Merged]

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One thing I will say re: Torres - I wouldn't be at all disappointed if we didn't sign him. When you look at the make up of our squad, certainly the forward line, we need another centre forward, but don't necessarily need arguably the best centre forward in the world. I imagine for the Sheikh, this deal is about reputation and standing in football. However, if it doesn't come to be, whether we sign Dzeko, Ibra, or A N Other, we'll still be a force to be reckoned with...

Looking at it from Chelsea's point of view - I could understand why their supporters would be desperate to sign him. They've not spent any significant money in recent years. Their squad, and specifically, their forward line is aging. As a club they are maybe not seen as the "go to" destination that they were in Roman's early years. If they don't bring in a top line signing this transfer window they are at risk of being seen as not as ambitious as City, which long term would make it even harder to sign the best of the best.
 
Couldn't agree more the torres thing in my opinion will be sanctioned because of the commercial spin off and raising the profile of the club abroad.
 
Pam said:
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
Hearing this evening that a delegation is to meet torres on Tuesday week to try and close a deal, but it's also doing the rounds that chelsea are being given the same courtesy.... All the feedback were getting is he wants to come, and will seek the move... Just hope the same pitch hasn't gone to Chelsea, honestly can't see it though, Liverpool want the most money and were prepared to blow Chelsea a new areshole, as much as the player can have a preferance, Money will eventually talk...... Just think of us as that annoying bloke at the auction who is prepared to outbid anyone for the item...... Going onCe,going twice...... Sold to the man in the bed sheet (:

Every single a player is linked to us, the media makes a story up about how Chelsea are trying to hijack the deal. And when I say every single time, I mean EVERY SINGLE TIME. It's been happening for at least a year, now.
In July last year, they said it about Adebayor (who, we were told, was intending to snub City's millions to join the Rags). And a few days before we signed Tevez, he was alleged to be planning to "snub" us in favour of Chelsea Come to think of it, they even said it about Gareth Barry, who we were were reliably informed would "snub" us for Dipperpool before the start of last season.

No lessons were learnt from last season's lies and media silliness, and they are doing the same thing all over again. A week ago, the NOTW were particularly enthusiastic in their reporting of the fiction that Silva and Yaya were to turn City down in favour of joining Chelsea. Both players signed for City within a few days of these non stories appearing the.
As the WC limps to it's end, out bollocks talking media are at it again. Last week Silva was to snub City for Chelsea' , and ditto Ya Ya. The tabloid timing on this was way off the mark, since both players signed within days of newspaper stories saying that they would not be signing. This came from Neil Ashton. who is allegedly a a professional journalist and sports editor of the NOTW. . This guy isn't just some deranged blogger or random phone in ranter. This is someone who is paid handsomely for writing utter bullshit. Neil Ashton is the walking personification of this attitude. He should be ITK, given how much he gets paid for it, but the sad fact is that he is no more in the know than I am. Mr Ashton and his ilk have persudaded millions of gullible readers that he has something worth saying. He does not. And his newspaper is officially the biggest bullshitter of all.

And now here we go again. The names and the transfer targets may change, but the lies stay the same..

Dzecko to snub City for chelsea;

Chelsea have been £30 million for Torries (or £50 million depending on your lying rag newspaper of choice) and are prepared to go higher,

Krasic to snub City because he's not interested in our millions, even though reading between the lines, it's clear that money is the only thing that he's interested in.

Oh just fuck off.
i've had a bit of a war with that lemon from the NOTW on twitter, I asked him whether Yaya had played 16 games last season and if not why does that article say that? He came back to me and said he started 18(but he played more) How can we believe a Journo's 'sources' when he can't even get the facts straight?
 
BTW I'm not debating that Sheikh's have higher spending power than us and could blow us out of the water if they chose to, I just don't think they will choose to go to crazy levels to get him i.e above £75 Million, but if they do fair enough. I'd rather buy Aguero and half the German midfield if it went above that!
 
See but thats the problem in general the higher it goes the higher the value of all players go. Its like there is an article in the paper today saying that wenger is prepared to pay 20m for ozil, 20m wont get close to what it will cost for ozil or schweinsteiger for that matter, so if torres goes for 75m aguero then costs 60, dzeko 50 its all relative!
 
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