Re: Torres is a done deal
This issue has grabbed a fair bit of attention today and it doesn't start and end with just a transfer rumour. Liverpool's venemous reaction is another point of interest. There has been paranoid dipper talk all day long about how we're trying to destabilize them. Utter bollocks but they are clearly furious and no doubt on the blower to Torre's agent begging him for a public denial of the done deal rumours. There is still time, of course, but Torres is apparently saying nothing so far. The longer the silence, the better I'll like it. It is almost certainly not a done deal yet but there are plenty of reasons to think that the player would seriously consider a move to us.
First off, Torres won't stay with the dippers if they finish outside the top four (and they are going to).
Even if they fluked fourth spot, Torres will go unless the dippers can somehow convince him that they are willing and able to spend big over the summer. For Torres to stay with them, their failure to qualify for the CL would need to be a one season thing but the dippers are a club in decline. They need a new stadium, they are utterly broke and they haven't won the title in twenty years. They aren't going to manage a top four finish for many seasons to come without a massive and unexpected injection of mega cash for transfers and players wages. Torres will know that this is unlikely.
The only clubs that could outbid us for Torres would be RM and Barca. Torres is on record as saying he will never play for RM, no matter what, and as a Madrid lad, he wouldn't be mad keen on the Barca option either.
I honestly think that all things being equal, Torres is "getable" if we really want him.
