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[Waldo]

He looks about 12 years old.

[NANNY RED]

Words out of Fernandos mouth , not someone elses

http://link.brightcove.com/service....5155001

[SeaofRed]

Torres has said he is focused on the World Cup and will worry about his Liverpool future afterwards.

[maguskwt]

Words out of Fernandos mouth , not someone elses

http://link.brightcove.com/service....5155001

Xabi to Fernando:

"You should feckin play with your heart... you should stay at Liverpool. Don't make the mistake I made... "



or it may just be the other way round... 

[andy_g]

Words out of Fernandos mouth , not someone elses

http://link.brightcove.com/service....5155001

he doesn't half sound like a young rafa there

[thegreedo]

Got to say he didn't fill me with confidence there, just hope he makes his mind up sooner rather than later. My daughter wants the new shirt with Torres on but I'm feck'ed if I'm going to buy one just yet after watching that!

[stmichael]

hope he doesn't get injured

[shawnk]

To be honest, whatever money we got for him, is (IMHO) definitely not going to be spent on strengthening the squad.
Even if it was, I don't believe that Benitez will make good use of it.

If a player exchange involving Joe Cole, Essien and Drogba was involved on the other hand, I'd snap their hands off to be sure.....

This!

[NANNY RED]

Very Very Worried reading this, and yes its the Daily Mail but there are  quotes me stomach feels sick

Sky Sports News babe Charlotte Jackson may be a Liverpool fan - but her views on Fernando Torres are unlikely to go down well at Anfield.

In an interview for the Mail On Sunday's Live magazine, the presenter admits even Tottenham Hotspur might be a better place for the Spain striker than on Merseyside.

Revealing a recent conversation with Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton, Jackson hardly got the feeling that Torres was untouchable as the club have been at pains to point out.

'I saw Martin Broughton at Chelsea's Player of the Year dinner, and he refused to tell me we weren't going to sell Torres, said the 30-year-old.

'He said: "We'll let him go to the World Cup. At the moment he's still on board, but it's going to take three years to turn the club around, and at his age..." If it's going to take three years to turn the club around, that's going to coincide with the peak of his career, and he'll want to be playing in Europe. So he should probably go and join Tottenham.'

Sportsmail have already revealed that Chelsea - the team Broughton supports - are lining up a £70million bid for Torres, while Manchester City's interest was all-but-scuppered by their failure to qualify for Champions League football.

The former Setanta presenter also admitted it was difficult to be a calm impartial broadcaster when her team were in the news.
Sort it out: Fernando Torres wants to focus on the World Cup, frustrated by Liverpool's troubles that have cast doubt over his future at the club

'It's hard not to react when your team is doing well,' she said. ;Celebrating on-air would not go down well. When Liverpool scored against Man Utd I couldn't resist a quick celebration - off the air - but I was warned not to, just in case I did it on-air by mistake.

'I mean, everyone supports a team and looks for them to win - the problem is that Liverpool are very high profile. If I supported Tranmere I could probably get away with it.'

However, she can be excused for cheering on England in South Africa this summer and will is optimistic about the country's chances.

''I think we will win the World Cup,' she said. 'Everyone always says we fall victim to the hype and the tension, but Fabio Capello has instilled a massive sense of confidence and self-belief.

'We've got a really good draw, although I am a bit worried about the game against the United States, purely because of first-match nerves.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport....on.html

[7_Kewell]

Broughton is saying Torres should go to spurs? 

Is this some sort of f((king joke?

[NANNY RED]

Broughton is saying Torres should go to spurs? 

Is this some sort of f((king joke?

Hed be fecking made up if he went to his Chelsea.

[kazza]

Broughton is saying Torres should go to spurs? 

Is this some sort of f((king joke?

Hed be fecking made up if he went to his Chelsea.

I am beginning to dislike and distrust this man (Broughton) more and more everyday 

[parchpea]

Torres is keeping his options open and who can blame him. After spending time with his pals in South Africa its very possible his head will be turned and lets face it he will be tapped up and offers will be on the table, no question about it. Barcelona would seem a likely destination for him especially with Villa already on board there now. The outsider is an English club and I would pitch Chelsea as the only possibility. Hes contracted and hes good lad Torres but if he can leave his home town club and boyhood heroes to move to us he has it within him to move again and probably will. Best case is we get another year from him out of his own personal loyalty and pity in some ways. One way or another it looks unlikely he will be here long term and we have to face that.

[NANNY RED]

Martin Broughton, the Liverpool chairman, is reported to have said that it might be better for Fernando Torres to leave because it could take up to three years to sort the club out.

The comments were allegedly made to Charlotte Jackson, the Sky Sports News presenter, who disclosed details of a conversation she had with Broughton, a Chelsea supporter, at the West London club’s Player of the Year awards dinner at Stamford Bridge this month.

“I saw Martin Broughton at Chelsea’s Player of the Year dinner and he refused to tell me that we weren’t going to sell Torres,” Jackson said. “He said, ‘At the moment, he’s still on board, but it’s going to take three years to turn the club around, and at his age . . .’ ”

Sources at Liverpool insist that Broughton’s position on Torres’s future has been made abundantly clear by a series of on-the-record interviews in which the British Airways chairman was adamant that the 26-year-old forward will not be sold this summer.

But the fact that he is alleged to have suggested in a private conversation that the immediate future at Anfield is so bleak that it may be better for Torres to seek pastures new will increase concern among Liverpool supporters that the club’s prized asset could depart.

Torres has attempted to put all talk about his future on the back burner until after the World Cup, but is privately deeply concerned about the direction Liverpool are heading under the ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. Although it remains highly unlikely that Manchester City, who have expressed an interest in signing the Spain forward, could tempt him from Anfield, Chelsea are also monitoring the situation and the chance to join the Barclays Premier League champions would give Torres food for thought.

When Liverpool played Chelsea at Anfield this month, Broughton decided it would be best, given his allegiances, if he did not attend the game, so the fact that he was at a dinner celebrating Chelsea’s season will not be of any great surprise. But the contents of a conversation he is said to have had at the event will cause a stir, particularly the suggestion that it could be three more years before Liverpool are able to get their house in order.

Pepe Reina has already revealed his belief that Liverpool will have to revise their targets for next season in the event of a buyer not being found to oust Hicks and Gillett, and the goalkeeper’s pessimistic view has been supported by Jamie Carragher, who believes that a lack of spending power in the transfer market makes any thoughts of a title challenge being made appear fanciful.

“Clubs like Real Madrid and Inter Milan can just throw £100 million at new players if they don’t win the title,” Carragher, the Liverpool defender, said. “But Liverpool can’t do that. We have to build. We can’t just raid the transfer market.

“Next season, rather than thinking too much about the title, we have to concentrate on getting back in the top four.”

Chelsea are expected to step up their efforts to sign Yossi Benayoun this week, confident that an offer in the region of £6 million could be enough to convince Liverpool to sell.

Benayoun has been unsettled for several months and had been keen on a move to Russia, with CSKA and Spartak Moscow believed to be interested in acquiring the Israel midfield player.

But Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, has jumped to the front of the queue for Benayoun and is hopeful of signing him before the World Cup.

Rangers have informed Liverpool that they will have to increase their initial £2 million offer for Danny Wilson if they want to sign the 18-year-old central defender. “We are currently waiting to hear back from Liverpool after we rejected their original offer,” Walter Smith, the Rangers manager, said.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol....ce#none

[Tricky Dicky]

Oh f.uckinhell now we have the Liverpool chairman possibly poaching Torres for his blue love of London or advocating he go to Spurs.

Honestly, you couldn't make it up. It's a fecking calamity at LFC these days. More dark days ahead for this beautiful old club.