Chelsea ready to sell Torres for £20M

By NEIL ASHTON
Last updated at 10:57 PM on 13th December 2011

Chelsea will listen to offers for £50million flop Fernando Torres in next month's transfer window.

The £150,000-a-week striker has scored just three Barclays Premier League goals since his move to Stamford Bridge from Liverpool on January 31.

Chelsea considered sending him on loan to rebuild his shattered confidence, but they are now prepared to sell.


The club will have to take a massive financial hit on the most expensive player in British football history, but they have almost exhausted their other options.

Instead they will listen to any club prepared to offer around £20m and match his huge salary demands next month.

When Andre Villas-Boas became Chelsea boss in the summer he was convinced Torres could recapture the form that turned him into one of the most feared strikers in world football.

The manager hoped signing Juan Mata from Valencia would improve Torres's game, but even that has failed to spark the Spaniard back to his former glories.


Chelsea have been patient with the 27-year-old, but the feelers are already out in Europe to find Torres a top club to take him in January.

The World Cup winner has been a disaster since moving to the Bridge and is now behind Didier Drogba and Daniel Sturridge in the pecking order.

He did not even get off the bench against Manchester City on Monday night and stayed immobile in the dug-out as the rest of the substitutes, along with the backroom team, celebrated Frank Lampard's late winner from the penalty spot.


It underlines Torres's frustration with his position and the belief that he is now firmly out in the cold at Chelsea.

Although he remains a popular figure with supporters at the London club, he has failed to live up to his billing as one of the best players in the world.

There were signs of the old Torres magic when he scored at Old Trafford in September, but all the hard work was undone when he was sent off against Swansea in the following game.


He went 13 games without a goal when he signed for Chelsea, finally getting off the mark in a 3-0 win over West Ham on April 23. He was mobbed by team-mates at the time, but then went another nine games before scoring against Manchester United on September 18.

He has scored only four goals this season, despite starting 11 games, with two of those coming against Genk in the Champions League in October.
Why so glum, Fernando?

The arms go up, the roars bellow out. Manager Andre Villas-Boas leads Chelsea’s celebrations as the final whistle blows on Monday night.

But take a closer look... one player doesn’t appear to be in victory mode.
£50million man Torres (circled) appears glum after another match on the bench watching his team-mates shine.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2073746/Fernando-Torres-sale-Chelsea-20m-January-flop-striker.html#ixzz1gUTqyAMt

We'll have him.

I'll take him at Spurs.

I'd take him at Brisbane as well, we are in the Champions League, got millionaire owners, no marquee player at the moment, perfect club for him

Doubt they'd sell him to a rival.

I'd put me money on him going back to Spain, with either Atletico Madrid or Malaga. Few whispers that he could return to us but I don't see that meself.

Chris wrote:Doubt they'd sell him to a rival.

Brisbane it is.

Successful transfer was successful. Well done Chelsea

How it should have been if he stayed.

I'd take him back again

lvrpl4life wrote:

Torres---Suarez

Bellamy--Adam--Henderson--Maxi/Kuyt

How it should have been if he stayed.

Dumping Lucas and Gerrard thne?

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

lvrpl4life wrote:

Torres---Suarez

Bellamy--Adam--Henderson--Maxi/Kuyt

How it should have been if he stayed.

Dumping Lucas and Gerrard thne?

What it would be right now if he had stayed with us.

Very brave playing with 4 strikers and no defensive midfielder.

lvrpl4life wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Dumping Lucas and Gerrard thne?

What it would be right now if he had stayed with us.

If Torres wouldn't have gone, you wouldn't have bought either Suarez or Carroll.

No we would have suarez dumb shit.

We signed carroll as the replacement.

NZG wrote:No we would have suarez dumb shit.

We signed carroll as the replacement.

So Carroll was the replacement? Interesting, so the only reason you bought Suarez was due to the high transfer fee?

I see Andy has posted, come in here someone calling someone a dumb shit, glad I've got the spastic on ignore.. looks like he must have said you wouldn't have had Suarez if Torres stayed.

I Andy I wrote:

NZG wrote:No we would have suarez dumb shit.

We signed carroll as the replacement.

So Carroll was the replacement? Interesting, so the only reason you bought Suarez was due to the high transfer fee?

you are an embarrassment of a football fan.

NZG wrote:

I Andy I wrote:

So Carroll was the replacement? Interesting, so the only reason you bought Suarez was due to the high transfer fee?

you are an embarrassment of a football fan.

Ok.

None of you know for sure whether Suarez would have signed for Liverpool without Torres's departure, so stop behaving as if you do. The position that he wouldn't is a perfectly valid one to take, it's hardly inconceivable.

I Andy I wrote:

lvrpl4life wrote:

What it would be right now if he had stayed with us.

If Torres wouldn't have gone, you wouldn't have bought either Suarez or Carroll.

Suarez was brought to play alongside, Carroll wouldn't of been brought in January but he was still a target for the summer.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:None of you know for sure whether Suarez would have signed for Liverpool without Torres's departure, so stop behaving as if you do. The position that he wouldn't is a perfectly valid one to take, it's hardly inconceivable.

Given that negotiations were well on their way by the time Torres made noise about leaving I would say it's highly unlikely Suarez wouldn't have been signed if Torres hadn't left.

The Suarez deal was basically confirmed before Torress put in his transfer request, I remeber this because I read about them both in the same article...I'll try to find it.

EDIT: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1351607/Liverpools-Fernando-Torres-tells-club-wants-join-Chelsea-Luis-Suarez-signs.html

Another one for the crack - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/28/luis-suarez-liverpool-fernando-torres-chelsea

Laurencio wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:None of you know for sure whether Suarez would have signed for Liverpool without Torres's departure, so stop behaving as if you do. The position that he wouldn't is a perfectly valid one to take, it's hardly inconceivable.

Given that negotiations were well on their way by the time Torres made noise about leaving I would say it's highly unlikely Suarez wouldn't have been signed if Torres hadn't left.

You don't know what went on behind the scenes though, nobody does who doesn't work for Liverpool FC or Chelsea FC. Yeah, it came out publicly only after Suarez signed, but I struggle to believe that Liverpool and Chelsea didn't know he wanted to sign for Chelsea long before.

Quite sad to see, I'm a big fan of Torres just he doesn't 'fit'

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Laurencio wrote:

Given that negotiations were well on their way by the time Torres made noise about leaving I would say it's highly unlikely Suarez wouldn't have been signed if Torres hadn't left.

You don't know what went on behind the scenes though, nobody does who doesn't work for Liverpool FC or Chelsea FC. Yeah, it came out publicly only after Suarez signed, but I struggle to believe that Liverpool and Chelsea didn't know he wanted to sign for Chelsea long before.

funny seeing these things coming from you you say these then talk about you know everything about what goes on behind the scenes at man utd

I thought this was going to happen when Drogba started playing again.

I think Chelsea will have a rebuild soon, they need a new RB, a new CB because Luiz is shit and Alex is leaving and they will probably buy 2 new strikers/wingers.

Splashy wrote:I thought this was going to happen when Drogba started playing again.

I think Chelsea will have a rebuild soon, they need a new RB, a new CB because Luiz is shit and Alex is leaving and they will probably buy 2 new strikers/wingers.

Given time and I think he'll learn hopefully.

I could be wrong.

Not one quote in the article or even any evidence to show this is the truth.

ViVaRooney wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

You don't know what went on behind the scenes though, nobody does who doesn't work for Liverpool FC or Chelsea FC. Yeah, it came out publicly only after Suarez signed, but I struggle to believe that Liverpool and Chelsea didn't know he wanted to sign for Chelsea long before.

funny seeing these things coming from you you say these then talk about you know everything about what goes on behind the scenes at man utd

I don't claim to know everything about what goes on behind the scenes at United, I come to conclusions based on the facts, but my conclusions are not facts in themselves.