... the biggest flop in football history?
Kaka cost more at Real and hasn't worked out but has made some contributions between his injuries.
Veron of course tanked badly at United but his price tag was 20m less than Torres'.
Shevchenko also cost approximately 20m less than Torres and bombed hard in England but again price tag compared to Torres is important to consider.
Torres still has time to turn it around but everything about him suggests that he just isn't the same player anymore. The media continues to use excuses but they have been going on for around a year now - they used to say a lack of fitness, then a lack of confidence, now at Chelsea it rotates between confidence and not fitting in Chelsea's system yet. At what point do you draw the line and just say - he's not what he was.
Tonight's match was a perfect example to judge 2011 Torres. At his best, he made Vidic look like a Sunday league defender. Tonight he barely made Vidic (or anyone else) break a sweat. The closest was a single header that forced a save out of Van Der Sar.
Thank god we didn't sign him as many on here were clamouring for! Dzeko has hardly set the world on fire but he cost practically half, has more upside, and hasn't noticeably deteriorated from his time in Germany.
Kaka cost more at Real and hasn't worked out but has made some contributions between his injuries.
Veron of course tanked badly at United but his price tag was 20m less than Torres'.
Shevchenko also cost approximately 20m less than Torres and bombed hard in England but again price tag compared to Torres is important to consider.
Torres still has time to turn it around but everything about him suggests that he just isn't the same player anymore. The media continues to use excuses but they have been going on for around a year now - they used to say a lack of fitness, then a lack of confidence, now at Chelsea it rotates between confidence and not fitting in Chelsea's system yet. At what point do you draw the line and just say - he's not what he was.
Tonight's match was a perfect example to judge 2011 Torres. At his best, he made Vidic look like a Sunday league defender. Tonight he barely made Vidic (or anyone else) break a sweat. The closest was a single header that forced a save out of Van Der Sar.
Thank god we didn't sign him as many on here were clamouring for! Dzeko has hardly set the world on fire but he cost practically half, has more upside, and hasn't noticeably deteriorated from his time in Germany.