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by **The Ace1983** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:10 am

SSN are saying the deal is done and that it is now down to Torres. It might even be done today (but don't hold your breath). Liverpool's reputation in Spain as a historic team with a fantastic fanbase seems to be the clincher and the reason that Torres would favor us over Chelsea and the rest. That sort of reputation has to be good for us, eh? Marca are certain that the deal's done too.

by **Sabre** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:27 am

Marca is as sure as this about Torres' future.

Like the Ace says, the agreement between clubs is total, and now Torres is negotiating his conditions, but it seems there's no return back in the deal, and it's a matter of time he's a red.

The headline you can read is a tricky one to translate. Colorín Colorado is a phrase you use in tales for children to say the story is over, it's the end, where as Colorado is a synonym for red, so that could be translated as "It's the end of Torres as an atletico, now he's a red".

The Atletico fans are in shock and are asking Torres to stay (QUEDATE), but now it seems there's no chance that will happen.

P.S. As for the Liverpool's importance, once again I must say that if you sum up Manchester and Chelsea and Arsenal reputation, they cannot match Liverpool's name in Spain.

by **kunilson** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:28 am

id be very suprised, and p1ssed off, if the Torres deal does not go through now after all the noises coming from the media. Even tho i like to believe it only when i see it, its pretty much a given that he is coming to us from what ive been reading. apparently this weekend or the couple of days after it will be confirmed.

in the meantime we are going after Heinze? apparently..

by **112-1077774096** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:57 am

man city have bid for torres and matched the asking price

also i have read that we are bidding for heinze

by **Barca Murph** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:59 am

Sabre wrote:P.S. As for the Liverpool's importance, once again I must say that if you sum up Manchester and Chelsea and Arsenal reputation, they cannot match Liverpool's name in Spain.

Can't say i know anyone who hates Liverpool. Obviously some Barca fans didn't want you winning the CL after beating us. But there is certainly no hatred like there is for the other 3.

Also Liverpool fans seem to have more respect for their opponents, having played all those 3 clubs, it's hard to say the same for the majority of their fans.

by **The Ace1983** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:08 pm

Barca Murph wrote:Also Liverpool fans seem to have more respect for their opponents, having played all those 3 clubs, it's hard to say the same for the majority of their fans.

I wish you'd tell Uefa that.

by **GOAT** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:30 pm

Wikipedia are a bit far ahead arent they, already down as a liverpool player!

by **Dundalk** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:47 pm

From the BBC

Liverpool are on the brink of sealing a club record £26.5m deal to sign Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres.

BBC Sport understands a transfer has now been agreed between Liverpool and Atletico, and only a late change of heart in Spain will scupper the deal.

Liverpool's Luis Garcia is likely to go in the opposite direction for £4.5m, but the Torres deal will not collapse if he rejects the switch.

by **lakes10** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:03 pm

i am happy with that, i would be more happy if we keep Luis Garcia

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:06 pm

Liverpool's Luis Garcia is likely to go in the opposite direction for £4.5m

I can't believe we would let him go for so little, he's worth £6/7million IMO.

by **GOAT** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:12 pm

But hes 29, on the last year of his contract, apparently unsettled and has said he wants to go back to atletico madrid

Seems good to me, even if id rather he stayed

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:17 pm

GOAT wrote:But hes 29, on the last year of his contract, apparently unsettled and has said he wants to go back to atletico madrid

Seems good to me, even if id rather he stayed

you're probably right mate, it just seems so low when you look at the prices some players go for, who arn't fit to lace his boots.

by **GOAT** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:21 pm

s@int wrote:
GOAT wrote:But hes 29, on the last year of his contract, apparently unsettled and has said he wants to go back to atletico madrid

Seems good to me, even if id rather he stayed

you're probably right mate, it just seems so low when you look at the prices some players go for, who arn't fit to lace his boots.

Yeah very true

You just have to look at Henry and Darren Bent!

by **The Ace1983** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:25 pm

BBC Story

The BBC are now certain of it too.

by **redsince2001** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:35 pm

From Bbc sport ...

Liverpool to land £26.5m Torres
By Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

Torres scored 14 goals last season for Atletico
Liverpool are on the brink of sealing a club record £26.5m deal to sign Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres.

BBC Sport understands a transfer has now been agreed between Liverpool and Atletico, and only a late change of heart in Spain will scupper the deal.

Liverpool's Luis Garcia is likely to go in the opposite direction for £4.5m, but the Torres deal will not collapse if he rejects the switch.

Boss Rafa Benitez is being linked with Manchester United's Gabriel Heinze.

Argentine defender Heinze is currently playing in the Copa America, but there is growing speculation Liverpool will try to do a deal for the 29-year-old.

It may prove complicated, however, with fierce rivals Liverpool and United notoriously reluctant to sell players to each other.

Torres is Liverpool's main priority, and there is hope that he could put pen to paper within the next few days.

Liverpool officials are playing their cards close to their chest on what will be a move that shatters their previous club record deal, the £14m paid to Auxerre for Djibril Cisse three seasons ago.

But it is understood the framework of the Torres move is finally in place between the two clubs after lengthy and complicated negotiations - although Liverpool remain cautious until it is actually signed and sealed.

Liverpool's approach is understandable given that Torres has reportedly been leaving Atletico for several seasons, only for moves to fall at the final hurdle.

Spanish international Garcia is expected to sign for Atletico, but if he remains at Anfield, Liverpool's new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks will pay straight cash for Torres.

Torres, 23, is currently on holiday until early July, but Benitez remains hopeful of confirming the deal then, with personal terms not expected to be a problem.

Atletico fans held a protest at the possible deal, and a club spokesman has tried to cool suggestions that move is now imminent.

The spokesman said: "The player is on holiday at the moment and will report back to training on 9 July for an Intertoto match.

"At the moment, any talk of a move is just speculation and we are still hopeful that Fernando will be with us next season."

Atletico are reluctant to sell, but Torres is believed to be keen to link up with Benitez.

Benitez wants to land Torres to provide a spearhead for an assault on the title - and also allow Gillett and Hicks to demonstrate their own financial commitment to his plans.

606: DEBATE
Your views on Liverpool's attempt to sign Torres

Torres has been consistently linked with a move to England, particularly with Arsenal and Chelsea, but Liverpool are now set to win the race.

If he signs, he will join fellow countrymen Garcia, Pepe Reina and Xabi Alonso, as well as boss Benitez.

Gil Marin, Atletico's major shareholder insisted that Torres is not irreplaceable.

"Nobody is indispensable. No player by himself, very good though he is, is able to make a team achieve its aims," Gil Marin said on Punto Radio.

"We have spoken to him and told him we would like him to stay. It is normal that he has doubts. It is normal that the offers and everything surrounding them has made him think."

Torres, 23, scored 14 league goals in 36 starts this season as Atletico finished seventh in La Liga.

The Spain international's Atletico contract runs until 2009.

Torres came up though the youth ranks at Atletico and has been their leading scorer in each of the last five seasons.

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