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by **grayghost** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:17 pm

cool

hope so

by **Jimmymac** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:37 pm

yeah i wouldnt read too much into the quote from the athletico president to be honest, plus plenty of players have cancelled/cut short holidays in the past to sort out deals.

by **tommynax** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:43 pm

henrys agent said if any thing else was printed bout him and barca they were going to sue two weeks later he was wearing their strip. so what athletico said id take no notice i do believe do that f.t was no ware near anfield and if he doesnt sign by early next week nothing will happen. its just to good to be true to be signing a player of his talent ill believe it when he is being presented with the sacrid number 9 on sky

by **puroresu** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:58 pm

tommynax wrote:henrys agent said if any thing else was printed bout him and barca they were going to sue two weeks later he was wearing their strip. so what athletico said id take no notice i do believe do that f.t was no ware near anfield and if he doesnt sign by early next week nothing will happen. its just to good to be true to be signing a player of his talent ill believe it when he is being presented with the sacrid number 9 on sky

To be fair I take the words of a chairman far more seriously than an agent.

by **tommynax** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:10 pm

yeah but even henry said it himself the point being it could still happen i doubt it but it might

by **Dundalk** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:00 pm

From Anfield Road.....

The saga surrounding the possible transfer of Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool takes more twists and turns by the day, today being no different. Denials there had been any offers whatsoever came from Madrid, rumours the player had already been to Anfield came from Liverpool.

The possible move has been one of the big stories in England and Spain for the past few days, matched only by coverage of the move to Barcelona of Thierry Henry. So today Atletico's president Enrique Cerezo felt he had to issue a denial about bids for his 23-year-old captain: "We've received no offer from Liverpool or any other club or player," he claimed. "There is nothing linking Torres with any team. He's on holidays, he's resting and he'll return to work on July 9." He didn't say where Torres was going for his holidays.

He did confirm that Torres has a buy-out clause in his contract, although of course didn't reveal the figure: "All the players have a clause in their contract and in that case we would not be able to do anything, but I repeat that there has been nothing about Torres from any team. We are now working to create a good team for the coming year."

The actual amount of that buy-out clause has been speculated about repeatedly, with estimates as high as £27m, but it is now believed that Atletico's failure to qualify directly for Europe has activated a much lower amount of £18m.

Rafa's budget has been the subject of various rumours too, but his relaxed stance last week suggests that since the audit of his past transfers has been completed the new owners have agreed to make more money available than normal after all. Not that they'll readily admit this just yet.

It was clear even as early as the start of last week that Rafa was left short of funds compared to what he felt he'd been promised. So when it was leaked that Liverpool were interested in Torres the story needed some way of showing how Rafa could afford a fee believed then to be somewhere between £24m and £27m. This resulted in Luis Garcia, Peter Crouch and Djibril Cissé's names being added as part of a part-exchange deal. It's no secret Liverpool are looking to offload Cissé, but Rafa certainly does not want to lose Crouch.

With it being only a couple of weeks since Thierry Henry was "spotted" at Anfield, and past experience of Zinedine Zidane and his "new house" in Formby, Reds fans would be forgiven for dismissing out of hand today's internet rumours: that Fernando Torres was spotted in the offices at the stadium this afternoon. Except this time the stories have come from more sources, and more credible sources, and include manager Rafa Benítez being at the ground too.

There's no doubt Liverpool are interested in bringing Torres to Anfield, but for how much or how soon remains to be seen. Atletico's hands are tied if the release-fee is matched - but we still don't know for sure if the Reds are willing or able to match it. That said, there are signs that the owners have quietly committed to a greater budget than Rafa was left thinking he had two weeks ago. In fact Atletico themselves are now believed to have gone for one of the targets on what was Rafa's B-list - Diego Forlan. As far as Torres being at Anfield today - well it seems strange that the club would take a risk on allowing Torres to be seen at Anfield considering he's still not officially a confirmed target, but the story is coming from reputable sources. Things certainly seem much more hopeful than they did just a couple of weeks ago.

by **shanks** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:35 pm

here some else Atletico' madrid are looking to sign is this off the back of the torres transfer http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages....id=1779

by **tommynax** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:04 pm

shanks wrote:here some else Atletico' madrid are looking to sign is this off the back of the torres transfer http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages....id=1779

jost hope arsenal doesntoffer reyes and there 16 million for torres

by **NansPanofScouse** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:57 pm

I just wish they would bloody hurry up with this, im starting to get edgy.

by **maguskwt** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:39 am

tommynax wrote:
shanks wrote:here some else Atletico' madrid are looking to sign is this off the back of the torres transfer http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages....id=1779

jost hope arsenal doesntoffer reyes and there 16 million for torres

yeah the bad thing about arsenal selling henry is that we gonna be competing with one more extra club for the signature of the strikers in the market...

by **mistyred** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:18 am

BBc sport are now saying talks between LFC and Athletico are at a crucial stage, Athletico are reluctant to sell but Torres is keen to join Rafa and Liverpool, even though the Athletico president Cerezo has said now offer has been tabled.

Apparently according to the BBC this ia a complete lie as talks are at an advaced stage.

by **tommynax** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:21 pm

mistyred wrote:BBc sport are now saying talks between LFC and Athletico are at a crucial stage, Athletico are reluctant to sell but Torres is keen to join Rafa and Liverpool, even though the Athletico president Cerezo has said now offer has been tabled.

Apparently according to the BBC this ia a complete lie as talks are at an advaced stage.

yeah twas all over the news here in ireland that the signature is hanging in the balance as talks continue this evening they are at a critical stadge. they reckon pool are paying the 25 mill but they are arguin over 2.5 mil pay off on his current deal which could scrap the whole thing

by **Elchris** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:46 pm

i hope itz not the 2 million thingy again....

simao 13m- benfica wanted 15m
alves 10 - sevilla wanted 12m

something like dat, the points is the figure's are close !!!
If Rafa has rated that his record buy will buy torres , might as well give them the 27m

Btw who else do u think is better and could be bought around 25-20 million since it seems like we could afford it....

I would go for :
Tevez
Berbatov
Mario Gomez
Podolski
Milito

by **grayghost** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:51 pm

It would be great if we could rase the funds and get Tevez as well.

by **tommynax** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:02 pm

honestly i know torres hasnt got an outstanding record but this lad will be the best in the business he is the best around at the moment and we should pull out all the stops to get him i hoestly believe he will be a legendry number 9 at liverpool and will bring us the league and european cup. how many games the last two seasons have we domenated and dropped crucial points cause we lacked a creative genius up front(namely man u at anfield) well we could just be on the verge of a new era for liverpool

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