by Redman in wales » Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:41 pm
Tony Evans, The Times’ Football Editor, has told talkSPORT that he believes Fernando Torres will move to Chelsea in this transfer window.
It has been reported that Chelsea have already had a bid for the World Cup winning striker rejected. But, it is understood the Spaniard will try and force a move to Stamford Bridge before the deadline on Monday.
“I think the die is cast and I think Torres will be a Chelsea player by the end of this window.”
Tony Evans - Football Editor of The Times
Evans revealed: “I think it’s going to be a really disappointing time for Liverpool supporters and I think very soon the news will break all over the place that Fernando Torres intends to leave Liverpool and it will happen very, very soon.”
Asked if he thought Torres would be leaving in the current transfer window, Evans added: “I believe so, we are led to believe by Tony Barrett, who is by far the best informed Liverpool writer in the country, that Fernando Torres has told the club that he wants to leave and that puts the club in a position where they have to do a deal with Chelsea.
“I don’t think it’s an official transfer request, he’s just told the club that he wants to leave, I don’t think it’s been done in writing, I don’t think it’s gone that far but it’s certainly gone far enough that it’s almost irreparable.
“I think the relationship has broken down really fast between Torres and the club, the reality is Fernando Torres, over the past three years, has been promised the earth by officials of Liverpool and nothings been delivered. This problem has been inherited by the new owners and I think Torres has just come to the end of his tether.
“I think that’s the situation tonight, we’ll see that news spread and we will see, going into tomorrow, some sort of deal being done with Chelsea.
“Kenny [Dalglish] can work miracles, and has done in the past on many occasions, lets hope he can now for Liverpool football club’s sake. I have to say I doubt [he can] at this stage [he can]. I think the die is cast and I think Torres will be a Chelsea player by the end of this window.”