by tubby » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:04 pm
TORRES AT THE END OF HIS TETHER AT LIVERPOOL OVER BROKEN PROMISES
Tony Evans, The Football Editor of The Times and the man who broke the story about Fernando Torres' Liverpool transfer request has said that he believes Torres will move to Chelsea in this transfer window.
Liverpool turned down the written transfer request and rejected a bid from Chelsea for the World Cup winning striker but it is understood that the player will try and force a move to Stamford Bridge before the window closes at 11.00pm tomorrow night.
Evans said: "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."
Evans was asked if he thought Torres would leave Liverpool in this transfer window and 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 nothing has 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. Let's 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."