Torres is a spent force and has been for several years now despite one or two flashes of his old self... there are so many strikers who would ask for less than half the wages I'd rather have. Just don't get the obsession over him, even Michu is better. And don't forget Torres is 29 in a few months too and his first touch seems to have reached sub-Dzeko levels. Speaking of whom, Dzeko is much better IMO and has scored more goals off the bench (mostly) this season than Torres has as Chelsea's lone man being fed chances by Mata, Hazard, and Oscar.
If we want to upgrade our strike force in the near future, it needs to be a truly high-end striker (Cavani, Falcao) or a really exciting emerging striker (Jovetic, Neymar), not an aging Torres.