Fernando Torres: Chelsea’s number 9? Sounds weird doesn’t it? The kind of disbelieving feeling sets in when seeing an old flame in the street with another. When you look at Torres’s time at Anfield, and before that his time at Atletico Madrid, it may not be all that surprising to see him pulling this stunt. Although many fans may feel like ‘we’re a club on the up’ again, we’re not a club on the up until we can prove it at the end of the season.
When Torres left Atletico, he left to join a Champions League team that was on the verge of winning the league. Now, the comparisons between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid are clearer than ever. Two huge clubs with rich histories and lofty ambitions, but without the means to fully challenge the new order at the top of football. In Spain it’s Real Madrid and Barcelona, in England it’s Chelsea, Man United and now Manchester City. The spending power needed to overhaul such teams is astronomical.
There is another way, the slow evolution that we saw begin and then fade under Rafa, undermined by an interfering board. But that way takes years, and Fernando Torres doesn’t have years, he’ll know that.
As a player there is more to him than explosive pace, he does have a knack for positioning, but as he gets older injuries will eventually catch up to him and any player knows that their time on the pitch becomes more precious the older you get.
At just 26, you may feel he has his best years ahead, but players with such pace, and of his nature, often burn out sooner rather than later. Is Fernando the new Michael Owen? Maybe not. But his sale wouldn’t be the end of the world. As long as the money is invested properly and Kenny Dalglish, or any other manager gets to spend it, then the only real damage may be done in Liverpool’s shirt selling department.
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It is strange, here is an interesting excerpt from torres’ website between him and pepe Reina
FT: I was really looking forward to coming here. It was a challenge and I knew that a lot would be expected from me. Luckily, everything has worked out well from day one, and my team-mates have helped out, and I owe you all an awful lot.
PR: Here they want 100% effort, and the fans are more important than the results. They want you to give your all as soon as you step out on to the pitch wearing the Liverpool shirt; and if you win, then even better. But even if the result does not go the team’s way, come the 90th minute, the fans can be heard singing ‘You’ll never walk alone’.
FT: The supporters back the players, regardless of who is out on the pitch. They enjoy watching their key players play, because Liverpool has great players, but Liverpool will always be a team. The fans get behind the side even when things are not working out, and they are always there until the death. That is the major difference with football back in Spain. If a team is not doing well, then it is because the players do not deserve to be wearing the club’s colours. At Liverpool, if a player is wearing their shirt, it is because he deserves it. The fans ask for effort and dedication, and their support is something special, something that stays with you.
PR: It is a different way of understanding the game. Both should be respected, but if I had to choose, it would be the way they do things here in England.
FT: Life is also different when you are not playing football. Whether you are shopping or having dinner, you have no worries. People respect you.
What do people think?
No news on his website regaring transfers either, here is the link if anybody wants it
http://www.fernando9torres.com/index.php?s=charlacon