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The deal was for £20 million not £27 million. He took a pay cut unlike what half the tabloids claimed he wanted. Most importantly it is a 6 year deal.

It's also come out other clubs were interested and bid more for him but he said the only club he wanted to go to was Liverpool.

It's starting to fall into place bit by bit. Let's hope he lives up to his potential.

Without doubt a quality player and probably a great signing. He is a good goalscorer and thats might just be what Liverpool need.

Will be interested to see if he will do it in the Prem as it doesnt seem to be the easiest league for the spanish to adapt too.

Like any transfer we will wait and see how they do, cisse had a massive reputation too :)

I think the biggest let down was Morientes as he'd actually done it in other leagues and has done it again since leaving England. There is definately a wait and see element there with Torres but I'm much happeir that it's £20m not £27m!

£20m + Garcia does that not amount to the same thing?

Its irrelevant how much he was. Liverpool isnt a business anymore and it won't change how many goals he scores.
I think he'll do well without being a RvN or TH.

According to Guilleme Balligue it's £20m including Garcia.

I'm not sure the deals weren't mutually exclusive though.

Vastly overrated, lightweight, looks like a guarantee shit first season IMO.

The Spanish Andy Johnson...

Possibly, but hopefully not.


That's out of order, no one is that bad...

;D

If you listen carefully you can hear the chant now




































 "WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY,WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY"

Dont give up your day job to be a fortune teller...

rotflmfao

He aint done much yet. The jury is still out on him I would say.

You reckon?  He's done more in 4 and a bit games than Shevchenko has managed during his time in the Premiership.  Torres certainly isn't lightweight either - he's taken to the Premiership very well and seems sooooted to it.

I think you can tell from the way he has taken some of his chances that he is the real deal.

I think its absurd to compare him on the worst buy in history. Anyone who has had a half decent game in the last 2 years is miles above Shevchenko's form.

I have seen him in a number of his games this season and he's missed alot of chances, he bagged 2 against a very poor Derby team but he really should have had seven. I think if Crouch had played the same number of mins in the premiership this season he would have more goals.

So Yes I reckon the jury's still out.

I agree with the Crouch thing - but that's because I think that Crouch is a top-class forward (many disagree).  Interestingly, Crouch had a better goal/minute ratio that Drogba in the league last season.

The worst buy in history?  Wasn't that Veron?

Unless a striker scores EVERY chance he has someone will always say 'could do better'. If your judging him on the 5 games so far, in 4 of which he's started, I think he's looked positive, scored a quality goal against Chelsea, 2 more against an albeit weak Deby side, and fitted in well.

So yes obviously he could still end up having a poor season if things dramatically change, but on the evidence so far, money well spent considering he has 12 years left in him...

No without a doubt the worst buy ever was this guy. Maybe not as expensive as the other flops mentioned but one of the worst players ive seen .

Certainly not lightweight.

Darren *cough* Bent *cough*

I feel sorry for the fella. If he went to west ham he would be playing every game and banging them in. Instead he is at Sours, with a manager who doesn't want him.

lol @ this comment. made me chuckle

Honestly mate you should consider a career as a scout....

He is very good.

The lad torres is pure and utter class, he may miss his fair share of chances but when hes needed to produce he has done all season , hes the sort of player (like henry) u can just give him the ball on the half way line  and hes capable of going all the way himself or setting someone else in .During the summer there was talk of tevez or torres and i prob would have took tevez then but at the moment nando IS THE MAN ......

P.s Worst buy ever i reckon the lump sums paid by man u for the invisible man (carrick) and hardcheese have to be up there

I duno, i could think of some more terrible purchases

Kleberson
Djemba-Djemba

And another player, if anyone remembers him

 Ali Dia, or Ali Dire as he became known, will go down in history as possibly the worst ever Premiership player, but also the cheekiest. Having struggled to make a living in the lower reaches of French football, the 30 year-old Dia turned his attention across the English Channel, where, with the help of BSkyB, the roads to football stadiums had become paved with gold. Turned down by Bournemouth and Gillingham, he managed to sign semi-pro terms with non-league outfit Blyth Spartans, which was probably just about his level. However, the ambitious Dia wanted more, so armed with a cunning plan he set about making the step-up to the Premiership. And Southampton's manager Graeme Souness was on his radar... Dia pretended to have won 13 caps for Senegal (he hadn't) and that he was related to top Liberian striker George Weah (he wasn't). However, a phone call from Weah was enough to convince Souness to hand him a 30 day contract. Dia was lined up to play in a reserve game, but after it was cancelled he was thrown straight into the deep-end with a place on the bench against Leeds in November 1996. When Le Tissier was injured after half an hour there was high expectation in the crowd as the new signing, the cousin of the great George Weah, came on to a rapturous welcome. And what a debut it was - 50 spectacularly bad minutes later, the likes of which has not been since anywhere in professional football, Dia was himself substituted in front of a disbelieving Dell crowd. It later transpired that the crackly voice on the other end of the phone hadn't been the AC Milan legend Weah after all but Dia's agent. Southampton cancelled his contract, Gateshead snapped him up for some publicity, and he hasn't been seen since. Or has he ? Did anyone double-check Jean-Alain Boumsong's details ?

http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/?action=view&current=Fernando_Torres_Hat-trick.flv

You really showed us eh Nem??

torres might have missed a few chances this year but he is certainly doing his bit for liverpool along with gerrard.against inter in the week julio ceasar pulled off to brilliant saves to keep him out,he's still young and learning and im sure more goals will come.15goals so far i wouldnt say thats bad at all.

FYP

15 in prem 21 alltogether.

And thats without scoring any penalties

..or free-kicks.

;D

How many premier league goals now for


Ronaldo

Adebayor

Torres???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/top_scorers/default.stm

From pikiwedia:

Chalk up another one.

Another goal, and he was involved in setting up the other two.

True but Andy Johnson scored as well

rotflmfao

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44485000/jpg/_44485418_torresgol_getty.jpg)

Granted Torres isnt the complete player yet.

Once he has learnt how to dive like Andy Johnsen he may well be

Excellent finish again from torres again liverpool have as good a core of there team as any in reina carra gerrard n torres just need to improve in rest of the team and it would help if rafa could realise that there isnt just spanish players to buy

"He get's the ball, he scores again, Fernando Torres - Liverpool's Number 9".

20 league goals now.  First Liverpool player to reach that mark since Robbie Fowler.

Didn't take ya long to post that kin

Was watching the game online, so I thought I'd share the good news.

Torres hasnt scored since Saturday

Whats going on???

He's the Spanish Andy Johnson, obv.

More of those please :D

Shame Andy Johnson is injured or we could of seen the 2 greats side by side

but only at corners, obv.

still listening?

Yeah, But, its his first season give him chance to settle in

rotflmfao

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44525000/jpg/_44525059_torres_getty.jpg)

Why do Liverpool fans always drag things back up?? Its not just on here its Liverpool fans everywhere. I think they are possibly the most annoying fans in the country just ahead of Villa fans.

Yes Torres has been a great signing. I dont think anyone doubted he is a good player just whether or not he would settle/adapt to the English game. I think it was fair to say he might of struggled alot of Spainish players have but surely there is no need to drag this thread back up over and over again every time he scores.

i think you are wrong  IMO

LOL OK I just read Nem's post on page 1 but even so there is no need to drag it up everytime he scores. IMO obv.

That's exactly the reason!!  Otherwise we wouldn't be bothering ;D.

According to some Spanish website Chelsea have today bid 50 million Euros for Torres.

Stop it.

Honest mate, report is on Marca which is usually pretty reliable.

link ??

http://www.marca.com/

I think he'd turn them down, even if Liverpool got to the point where they would consider accepting. (which I dont think 50m euro's is that close to)

So Sick..... Not sure 50 Million Euro would temp Liverpool to sell...

For me he has been the buy of the season, a real top class player so it easy to see how he is rated at what amounts to about 35 million sterling.The intimation seems to be that Liverpool have to pay off a 40 million bank debt by the end of the year and might not have the funds readily available.

No deal, Noel

Santa Cruz is the buy of the season imo.

You could be right Nem, deffo great value but for me Torres has the lot.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUjRQfJ3f74

At 30 seconds

(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/497/andysc5.jpg)

Scored again today.  A typical Torres finish, if there's such a thing.

(http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match_pix/first/2009_10/759/thumbs/PROP090926-25-Liverpool_Hull.jpg)

(http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match_pix/first/2009_10/759/thumbs/PROP090926-26-Liverpool_Hull.jpg)

(http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match_pix/first/2009_10/759/thumbs/PROP090926-27-Liverpool_Hull.jpg)

Hasn't been bumped for a while now ;)

Liverpool looked decent on Saturday granted.

Was it not a case of "one of those days" though ... every flick off a player, every thing that could go right, and the fact Hull couldnt defend a matchbox with the military budget of the western world ?

That said, you have to put the ball in the onion bag, and Torres did that.

Kev wtf?  Where is Keane 4>>>> Torres 3?

Your slacking...

You must have to listen veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy carefully!

Nice bump!

HAHA this thread always cheers me up! Thanks Nem ;)

LOL c'mon Kev, i dont think we are trying to say we are superstars just because we beat Hull! So your attempt to bring us back down to Earth is somewhat of a waste of time.

Not trying to bring you back to earth at all ... just obvious it was one of those days where everything that could go right went right.

Cant take away the fact that Torres took all of his goals very well though.

 ;noflopshomer;

Agree - Hull were shocking.

I'd rather have grinded a 1-0 and get 3 points next weekend than win a 6-1 that means sweet fa.

Phil Brown is a class manager, he really knows how to get the best out of torres...

The new Andy Johnson.

:D