Taxi for Torres - judas fecks off to chelsea
by Waldo » Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:36 pm
Zidane wrote:A new striker just moved to the top of the list on things we need this transfer window.
Just when you thought the WC had helped nurse Nando back to some kind of fitness and....BANG....we are back to square one.
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by parchpea » Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:41 pm
We have to purchase a striker now period. 18 months of injury with Torres more out than in and on massive coin. Im not advocating sell but if anyone bids £50m + for a lad with his sick record its arab daft money really with no thought toward value. Shades of Owen really pulling up every other game and couldnt even manage a run out for 15 mins tonight. You start to wonder if he will ever get back on track now and Liverpool and those pursuing Torres have a massive call to make at this point.
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by tubby » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:05 pm
From the Sunday Shiterag mind you but still it has quotes... (btw i just noticed they spelt David wrong on their own site haha)
DAVD VILLA: TORRES WILL NEVER JOIN MANCHESTER CITY
DAVID Villa last night insisted that fellow Spanish superstar Fernando Torres would NEVER join mega-rich Man City.
Villa, who will spearhead Spain’s attack in tonight’s World Cup Final against Holland, says the Liverpool hitman is obsessed by trophies – not money.
And Villa, who has just moved from Valencia to Barcelona for £33million, says if Torres quits Anfield it will probably be to join Chelsea.
Looking ahead to tonight’s big game and talking about his pal’s struggle to regain his best form, Villa said: “Nobody is worried about Fernando’s form. He is still the most complete striker in the world.
“And the fact he hasn’t scored for a few games does nothing to change that.
“If there is one player you would back on Sunday to score the winning goal, it would be Fernando.
“He is a big-game player and everybody wants him to start the final. I am not sure where his future lies – but he knows like me he must win trophies at club level.
And scoffing at rumours that Roberto Mancini’s project at Eastlands could be where Torres goes next, Villa said: “He isn’t money-focused so he would never join Manchester City.
“But sure, Barcelona and Chelsea would be real options for him. He has proven he can score goals in England and Chelsea are the number one team there at the moment, so I suppose it’s the option that makes the most sense.
“He has been fully focused on the World Cup but in the back of his mind he knows he needs to be competing for the very highest honours and if Liverpool can’t do it he will have to move.”
Villa, in sensational form in South Africa, cannot wait for English referee Howard Webb to get the big game under way tonight when a new country’s name will be added to the World Cup trophy.
He said: “We deserve to be at the final, we have worked hard. The semi-final against Germany was one of our best results ever, and I felt that over the 90 minutes we were by far the superior team.
“Germany disposed of great teams with great players like England and Argentina so easily we knew it would be tough.
“But we believe ourselves to be the best in the world and it’s that kind of performance which shows we are.
“The Dutch play some wonderful football and, from a neutral point of view, it should be a very attractive final.”
Villa knows that Holland are a side bristling with skill and talent and he warned: “I don’t like to single players out but if you look at Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben you have two of the top-three footballers in Europe this year, along with Lionel Messi.
“They are dangerous but our midfield and defence is very tight. Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique are very tough and do not let people past them easily.
“If you look at the players that both sides have on view it should be the most exciting final in many years.
“I know Sneijder and myself are tied in the race for the Golden Boot but it’s not something I am thinking about.
“If I win it then it will be great but the World Cup is on offer here, that’s the real prize. I wont be playing selfishly. If I score and win the Golden Boot then that is great but in truth it would give me just as much pleasure to see Fernando score the winner.
“Our aim was to get to the final but now we are there our aim is to be champions of the world. Nothing else will do.”
DAVD VILLA: TORRES WILL NEVER JOIN MANCHESTER CITY
DAVID Villa last night insisted that fellow Spanish superstar Fernando Torres would NEVER join mega-rich Man City.
Villa, who will spearhead Spain’s attack in tonight’s World Cup Final against Holland, says the Liverpool hitman is obsessed by trophies – not money.
And Villa, who has just moved from Valencia to Barcelona for £33million, says if Torres quits Anfield it will probably be to join Chelsea.
Looking ahead to tonight’s big game and talking about his pal’s struggle to regain his best form, Villa said: “Nobody is worried about Fernando’s form. He is still the most complete striker in the world.
“And the fact he hasn’t scored for a few games does nothing to change that.
“If there is one player you would back on Sunday to score the winning goal, it would be Fernando.
“He is a big-game player and everybody wants him to start the final. I am not sure where his future lies – but he knows like me he must win trophies at club level.
And scoffing at rumours that Roberto Mancini’s project at Eastlands could be where Torres goes next, Villa said: “He isn’t money-focused so he would never join Manchester City.
“But sure, Barcelona and Chelsea would be real options for him. He has proven he can score goals in England and Chelsea are the number one team there at the moment, so I suppose it’s the option that makes the most sense.
“He has been fully focused on the World Cup but in the back of his mind he knows he needs to be competing for the very highest honours and if Liverpool can’t do it he will have to move.”
Villa, in sensational form in South Africa, cannot wait for English referee Howard Webb to get the big game under way tonight when a new country’s name will be added to the World Cup trophy.
He said: “We deserve to be at the final, we have worked hard. The semi-final against Germany was one of our best results ever, and I felt that over the 90 minutes we were by far the superior team.
“Germany disposed of great teams with great players like England and Argentina so easily we knew it would be tough.
“But we believe ourselves to be the best in the world and it’s that kind of performance which shows we are.
“The Dutch play some wonderful football and, from a neutral point of view, it should be a very attractive final.”
Villa knows that Holland are a side bristling with skill and talent and he warned: “I don’t like to single players out but if you look at Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben you have two of the top-three footballers in Europe this year, along with Lionel Messi.
“They are dangerous but our midfield and defence is very tight. Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique are very tough and do not let people past them easily.
“If you look at the players that both sides have on view it should be the most exciting final in many years.
“I know Sneijder and myself are tied in the race for the Golden Boot but it’s not something I am thinking about.
“If I win it then it will be great but the World Cup is on offer here, that’s the real prize. I wont be playing selfishly. If I score and win the Golden Boot then that is great but in truth it would give me just as much pleasure to see Fernando score the winner.
“Our aim was to get to the final but now we are there our aim is to be champions of the world. Nothing else will do.”
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by tubby » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:06 pm
And from the Daily Fail
Liverpool slap £100 million price tag on Fernando Torres ahead of World Cup final
Liverpool are claimed to have put a world record £100million price tag on Fernando Torres in a bid to hold on to their star striker after tonight's World Cup final.
Amid doubts about the plans of the club's American owners, new manager Roy Hodgson is desperate to build a team around the Spaniard and England captain Steven Gerrard.
Despite admitting that he will have to wait until after the World Cup for talks with 26- year-old Torres, Hodgson is prepared to dismiss Chelsea's recent £30m offer out of hand.
But another enquiry from a Premier League club was met with the response that the fee is now £100m, which is £20m more than the record Real Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo last summer.
'It seems Liverpool are trying to price Torres out of the market,' said a source. 'The impression they gave is that Torres is going nowhere.'
The more immediate worry for the Spain striker is whether he will get the chance to put behind him a disappointing World Cup in tonight's showpiece final. Torres, who has failed to score, was reduced to holding talks with coach Vicente Del Bosque on Friday in a bid to secure a starting place.
He is due to discover his fate just hours before tonight's final but Del Bosque hinted that Torres may miss out, saying: 'I can't see that we'll deviate much from the semi-final. I have 23 excellent players, all of whom can do a job on the pitch.'
Despite playing in all six of Spain's games so far, Torres has managed just 277 minutes on the pitch, with only two shots on target.
He was dropped for the semi-final victory over Germany, with five-goal David Villa moving into the centre, and came on only as a late sub.
A knee operation just before the World Cup has hampered his form, but Hodgson is more concerned that he is at Anfield next season.
He has had frank talks with Gerrard in an effort to get him to stay, despite Jose Mourinho's determination to lure him to Real Madrid.
Hodgson must now convince Torres to shelve his desire to play in the Champions League.
That priority put paid to Manchester City's hopes of landing a player they had coveted, knowing they could outbid Chelsea, Barcelona and other suitors.
'Torres won't go to City because they cannot give him what he wants, which is to try to win a European Cup medal,' added the insider.
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Good move by the club imo. He is a world cup winner too now, and a player in one of only a few teams to be both European and World Champions so 30mil is peanuts. But it doesn't matter because he isn't going anywhere anyway.
Liverpool slap £100 million price tag on Fernando Torres ahead of World Cup final
Liverpool are claimed to have put a world record £100million price tag on Fernando Torres in a bid to hold on to their star striker after tonight's World Cup final.
Amid doubts about the plans of the club's American owners, new manager Roy Hodgson is desperate to build a team around the Spaniard and England captain Steven Gerrard.
Despite admitting that he will have to wait until after the World Cup for talks with 26- year-old Torres, Hodgson is prepared to dismiss Chelsea's recent £30m offer out of hand.
But another enquiry from a Premier League club was met with the response that the fee is now £100m, which is £20m more than the record Real Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo last summer.
'It seems Liverpool are trying to price Torres out of the market,' said a source. 'The impression they gave is that Torres is going nowhere.'
The more immediate worry for the Spain striker is whether he will get the chance to put behind him a disappointing World Cup in tonight's showpiece final. Torres, who has failed to score, was reduced to holding talks with coach Vicente Del Bosque on Friday in a bid to secure a starting place.
He is due to discover his fate just hours before tonight's final but Del Bosque hinted that Torres may miss out, saying: 'I can't see that we'll deviate much from the semi-final. I have 23 excellent players, all of whom can do a job on the pitch.'
Despite playing in all six of Spain's games so far, Torres has managed just 277 minutes on the pitch, with only two shots on target.
He was dropped for the semi-final victory over Germany, with five-goal David Villa moving into the centre, and came on only as a late sub.
A knee operation just before the World Cup has hampered his form, but Hodgson is more concerned that he is at Anfield next season.
He has had frank talks with Gerrard in an effort to get him to stay, despite Jose Mourinho's determination to lure him to Real Madrid.
Hodgson must now convince Torres to shelve his desire to play in the Champions League.
That priority put paid to Manchester City's hopes of landing a player they had coveted, knowing they could outbid Chelsea, Barcelona and other suitors.
'Torres won't go to City because they cannot give him what he wants, which is to try to win a European Cup medal,' added the insider.
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Good move by the club imo. He is a world cup winner too now, and a player in one of only a few teams to be both European and World Champions so 30mil is peanuts. But it doesn't matter because he isn't going anywhere anyway.
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by bunglemark2 » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:36 pm
Fauxy wrote:Typical... the last game of the tournament, the last minute of added time in extra time... he gets feckin injured
At least he managed to treck up those stairs at the end though eh? cant be that serious
Feckin' hard to believe though...yet another hamstring injury, or so it seems.
Surely they can replace his hamstrings with nylon or summat like that
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by 7_Kewell » Mon Jul 12, 2010 1:34 am
Waldo wrote:Zidane wrote:A new striker just moved to the top of the list on things we need this transfer window.
Just when you thought the WC had helped nurse Nando back to some kind of fitness and....BANG....we are back to square one.
He has never looked fit throughout the whole tournament
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