The question of Torres’ loyalty seems somewhat misplaced, he was Mr Atletico at one time, the darling of the city and the fans. Yet he publicly courted Liverpool. Now are we just seeing a repeat? Atletico and Liverpool once again find themselves in the same boat, those fans understand more than any other what most Liverpool fans are feeling. Do we have a cause for complaint though? The Spaniard has always said he wants to win trophies and he left his boyhood club to be here. On the most part, he held up his part of the bargain but we didn’t come through with ours, and we look a long way off trophy winners now.
The real sting comes in the relationship between the player and the fans. The messages he had previously sent out, including how he wanted his children to be Scousers and that he would honour his contract, leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Where do we go from here though? With Luis Suarez on board, we may well end up with Torres and Suarez for the rest of the season. If we beat Stoke and then beat Chelsea, a tough ask I know, we could be six points behind the Londoners in a race for 4th.
If we did snatch a Champions League place, would it be fair to cash in on the World Cup winner and try to add strength in depth to the team. I have a feeling a cheeky bid for Karim Benzema wouldn’t be too bad business, with a partnership with Suarez in mind. But it may be too early to judge this one. Steven Gerrard went through the same thing in 2005 and 2006, yet now, 5 years on, we’ve forgotten all that. The same could happen to Torres, he may yet change his made, so it may be too early to rip the posters off your wall and allow your kid to sob his heart out.
Football’s a fickle game, played by fickle people and watched by fickle people. Nothing surprises me anymore. If Fernando Torres was still in red this time next year, I would be glad of it. If he goes in the summer, I won’t be too bitter. It will hurt to see him in blue at Anfield but that is the nature of the beast so get used to it.
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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