With a player of Torres' stature moving the moment of going public is critical, certainly for the selling club.
IF, and I really do feel that we need to have that IF firmly in place. we get a truly world class player from one of our main rivals then its a sign that the power has indeed shifted.
Its a lot, lot more than Tevez or Adebayor as they were already on the way out and are not of the quality of Torres.
The Board and the Sheikh will already know how significant such a step up in transfers is, but I dont think the fans do in the expansive sense.
The Torres deal will be a massively complex one and if you feel it is just a case of -
City "We want to buy Torres"
Liverpool "OK, well that will be £100m please"
City "Ok, Deal."
City "Fernando we will give you £250k per week, net. Is that acceptable?"
Torres "Yes thats super, thanks"
City "Great, welcome to City"
Torres "Could you provide me with the postcode for Carrington please."
City "Of course".
Torres "Thank you, see you next week
You may be mistaken.
IF, and I really do feel that we need to have that IF firmly in place. we get a truly world class player from one of our main rivals then its a sign that the power has indeed shifted.
Its a lot, lot more than Tevez or Adebayor as they were already on the way out and are not of the quality of Torres.
The Board and the Sheikh will already know how significant such a step up in transfers is, but I dont think the fans do in the expansive sense.
The Torres deal will be a massively complex one and if you feel it is just a case of -
City "We want to buy Torres"
Liverpool "OK, well that will be £100m please"
City "Ok, Deal."
City "Fernando we will give you £250k per week, net. Is that acceptable?"
Torres "Yes thats super, thanks"
City "Great, welcome to City"
Torres "Could you provide me with the postcode for Carrington please."
City "Of course".
Torres "Thank you, see you next week
You may be mistaken.