Torres to Chelsea

[RonaldoVII]

According to The Times, via twitter.

Seems they are trying to show their force again with Aguero and now Torres. No surprise that Liverpool reject it.

 

[Silva]

Sucks to be Chelsea right now.

 

[charlenefan]

The story was broke by Ian Prior again.... says it all

 

[Silva]

The story was broke by Ian Prior again.... says it all

Well yeah, but I don't think we're allowed to mention him on the caf anymore.

 

[RonaldoVII]

The story was broke by Ian Prior again.... says it all

Funny that this is a bigger story than the exclusive hour build-up one.

 

[charlenefan]

Sky reporting it now mind you

 

[kietotheworld]

Ian Prior works for the Guardian.

 

[charlenefan]

Liverpool have confirmed the bid and confirmed they told Chelsea where to go

 

[ha_rooney]

What are the chances that City make a bid?

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Ian Prior didn't even get the biggest transfer story of the last 24 hours then.

 

[charleysurf]

Sky reporting it now mind you

Yeah, banner on SSN says Liverpool have rejected the bid.

They must know they had no chance of getting him for that money. The new owners would be killed.

I guess it keeps the Chelsea fans quiet just thinking a bid was made though.

 

[Silva]

Ian Prior didn't even get the biggest transfer story of the last 24 hours then.

To be fair, the first time I heard about it was his twitter feed, which is a sad state of affairs for other sport journalists

 

[antihenry]

I find the timing for the bid to be a little odd.

Surely we don't expect Liverpool to sell their best player in the middle of the season, especially since their new owners are keen to show their intent on strengthening the club.

 

[Lynk]

Ian Prior didn't even get the biggest transfer story of the last 24 hours then.

Yeah but Bale is the greatest player in the history of football

 

[alastair]

One of these days, Chelsea will put in a bid and the other team will accept it. Then they'll be fecked.

 

[Alex99]

One of these days, Chelsea will put in a bid and the other team will accept it. Then they'll be fecked.

Chelsea: ONE MIRRION DORRA
Other team: Yeah alright
Chelsea: Awwwwwwwwwww Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Indeed,

Does anyone accept a bid from Chelsea these days?

 

[B Cantona]

Yeah, banner on SSN says Liverpool have rejected the bid.

They must know they had no chance of getting him for that money. The new owners would be killed.

I guess it keeps the Chelsea fans quiet just thinking a bid was made though.

That or Abramovich is serious and this is the opening salvo. Liverpool would flat reject whatever number Chelsea threw at them as an opening bid after all. If he notches it up ten or fifteen million it'll mix things up a bit because that's a hell of a lot of money that could be reinvested in more than one area, for a player who aint what he was and if injury is the cause, may never be again

 

[Baby Faced Assassin]

Liverpool reject £40 million bid from Chelsea for striker Fernando Torres - Telegraph

I hope if Liverpool do sell him, he goes abroad.

 

[peterstorey]

Indeed,

Does anyone accept a bid from Chelsea these days?

Getting weirder and weirder. Who's making these bids? Are any of them real? No one seems to know but it certainly isn't Ancelotti's work.

 

[Alex]

35 million, Liverpool would never accept that, especially from Chelsea

 

[Baby Faced Assassin]

35 million, Liverpool would never accept that, especially from Chelsea

Yea it almost seems they wanted it to get rejected. Torres apparently has a £50M buy-out clause in his contract.

 

[Epic]

Why does Chelsea need another striker?

 

[Pexbo]

Anyone think they might be putting some speculative bids out there to show they aren't washed up?

 

[VoetbalWizard]

Chelsea: ONE MIRRION DORRA
Other team: Yeah alright
Chelsea: Awwwwwwwwwww Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

why would chelsea speak in a chinese accent?

 

[Team Brian GB]

Why does Chelsea need another striker?

I don't know if you've noticed but we haven't won many games of late.

 

[Epic]

I don't know if you've noticed but we haven't won many games of late.

Playing 2-4-4 will win you games?

 

[Sylar]

I don't know if you've noticed but we haven't won many games of late.

You've won the last three

Ok Drogba is 32 and all, but a strike force of him (form of last season) and Torres (form of his first two liverpool seasons) would be deadly.

Problem is Chelsea would really have to play 442 for that to work. Having either drogba or torres on the side would be insane.

 

[Team Brian GB]

You've won the last three

Ok Drogba is 32 and all, but a strike force of him (form of last season) and Torres (form of his first two liverpool seasons) would be deadly.

Problem is Chelsea would really have to play 442 for that to work. Having either drogba or torres on the side would be insane.

Though as you say Drogba is 32, if we got someone in of the ilk of Torres it would be the medium term plan to replace him.

442 doesn't really fit well with our midfield. Saying that I'd like to try out Ivanovic at full back and Bosingwa on the right flank if we went down the route. The alternative to that would be to employ Cole and Bosingwa as wing backs and play Mikel further back to compensate, which I suppose would be a 352 hybrid formation.

 

[Escobar]

Why does Chelsea need another striker?

They just wanted to weaken Liverpool as a title contender... oh wait..

 

[Canuckred64]

Anyone think they might be putting some speculative bids out there to show they aren't washed up?

Not so much that they are washed up because I don't believe they are, but the bids for Torres, Aguero and maybe even Luiz do seem to be speculative. Perhaps they are just trying appease their fans who are worried that Abramovich's interest or wealth is waning.

 

[RedThaiDevils#7]

Its Ramires and Lampard that are fecking Chelsea off for me, Ramires hasn't made an impact but is still getting game time, while fat Frank hasn't been at his best since the injury.

Drogba hasn't been getting much assistence and playing Anelka too much out in the right is just killing of his strong points which is his eye on goal.

 

[Devil may care]

Didn't Chelsea deny the Aguero bid?

Anyway Liverpool have confirmed this one and the papers are all saying it was just an opening bid from Chelsea.

 

[Peasplease]

The offer sounds like a marketing tactic - set the bar lower, since no one accepts the initial bid anyway.

 

[dev1l]

The offer sounds like a marketing tactic - set the bar lower, since no one accepts the initial bid anyway.

Agreed - not to mention that 35m for half the liverpool team is a bit too low

 

[Peasplease]

Depends which half to be fair

 

[Longlivekeano]

Maybe a move just to unsettle Torres

 

[Lance Uppercut]

He has a £50 million release clause in his contract according to Sky.

 

[VoetbalWizard]

a club does not put out a statement like this unless they do have a price in mind at which they would sell.

IMO at 55-60, liverpool would sell.

 

[Stretch]

I suspect we might see more bids coming from Chelsea. Though Anelka must not be too happy with these developments. Surely that will cost him his place.