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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1779

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Torres has made this the best Liverpool side in years, admits United No 2 Queiroz

By IAN LADYMAN

 

Look through Sir Alex Ferguson's 21 years at Manchester United and you will uncover a host of A-list footballers who could have moved to Old Trafford had circumstances been different.

 

Had they chosen United when the chance was theirs, Alan Shearer would have won more trophies, Paul Gascoigne may have aged more gracefully and Stuart Pearce would probably have won the FA Cup winners' medal he craved.

 

United manager Ferguson meets another elusive footballer at Anfield on Sunday when Liverpool forward Fernando Torres lines up against his multitalented side.

 

Still only 23, the Spain striker might have signed for United from Atletico Madrid two summers ago had the current Barclays Premier League champions not balked at the price.

 

Torres signed for Liverpool in a £26.5million deal last summer and United have not had cause to rue their decision yet. By the end of the weekend, it is just possible they may begin to wonder.

 

Torres is one reason why United No 2 Carlos Queiroz says: 'I have been in England for five years and I have never seen a Liverpool side looking so strong in the League at this point of the season. Torres is doing really well and I am impressed with him.

 

'He is already going some way to making the difference for Liverpool this season.

 

'He is like an eagle — he can see short spaces that others can't and he has the ability to penetrate these areas, with the ball or without the ball.

 

'He can beat a player, he can create space, he can make time. He is making a great contribution to Liverpool's season.'

 

One of the reasons United chose not to see their lengthy pursuit of Torres through was a nagging doubt within Ferguson's circle of staff about the quality of his finishing.

 

With 12 goals to his name already this season, Torres may claim to have put that issue to bed.

 

He has not always been consistent in front of goal — he missed three good chances in the November win at Newcastle, for example — but has scored enough important goals already to suggest that he will represent the biggest danger to United's chances on Merseyside.

 

Queiroz added: 'I think he's a good finisher and he's a player who gives Liverpool something completely different. Certainly we will have to be careful of him because he is dangerous. 'We are always confident in what we can do and we will not worry too much. But we do recognise his quality.'

 

As United's season has recovered from a slow start to progress relatively serenely, that of their neighbours has already contained enough drama to fill a series of Brookside.

 

But beneath the speculation over coach Rafael Benitez's future and the club's peculiar Champions League campaign, United have sensed improvement in Liverpool.

 

Queiroz said: 'The current side have better balance than previous seasons, their consistency is much better and they have had some very good results. They are strong, well balanced, with good organisation and very good defensively, as always with Benitez.

 

'They also have players who are showing they have a lot of ability and skill.

 

'After everything Rafa has done for Liverpool he doesn't deserve to be under this kind of pressure. I've known him for a long time and he is a great coach and a great man.

 

'But I think the bad things of Continental football are arriving in England.

 

'It is really strange because in the last five years there has been a definite change.

 

'I don't know the exact data but there are definitely more coaches under pressure than at any other time I can remember. This is not a good thing. It is a bad thing.'

 

One senses that Liverpool — and Benitez — have more to lose than their great rivals this Sunday lunchtime but defeat for either side will hurt deeply.

 

United's recent record at Anfield is good and despite Liverpool scoring 26 goals in their last eight games, Ferguson does not expect to lose.

 

The United manager said: 'I am happy with where we are and how we are playing. We are confident.

 

'December is traditionally a big month and one when we tend to do well. If you look at teams like Arsenal, who play something like 10 times in December, then our programme is not so bad. We have players coming back and we are happy.'

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They just had to get a dig in about why Utd didn't sign him. Because if they want him, we all know where he'd be now.....right?

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  growler said:
why oh why do the press continue to say 26.5mil, when Torres himself said it was 20mil?

 

 

Because that's what everyone put down to start with. Why would any writer feel the need to double check it?

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  Cobs said:
tears in my eyes reading that

 

:lol: :lol:

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  Cunny said:
Torres signed for Liverpool in a £26.5million deal last summer

Thats when I stopped reading.

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  DarkBailo said:
They just had to get a dig in about why Utd didn't sign him. Because if they want him, we all know where he'd be now.....right?

who? the daily mail and Ian Ladyboy or utd?

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  growler said:
why oh why do the press continue to say 26.5mil, when Torres himself said it was 20mil?

 

Because that would make Torres a fantastic buy. They have got to say something about Liverpool paying a heavy price for quality. Only Arsenal allowed to make good purchases. ;)

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mmm, I'm starting to like this Queiroz guy :unsure:

 

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Rafael Benitez revels in position of strength

 

By Tim Rich and Mark Ogden

 

Last Updated: 1:38am GMT 14/12/2007

 

After securing qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League, Rafael Benitez is confident that the "misunderstandings" he has had with Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks will be smoothed over at this weekend's meeting.

 

Although the breakdown in the relationship between owners and manager was not fundamentally about results, the 4-0 win in Marseille would make it all but impossible for the Americans to remove Benitez.

 

The differences between the two sides are essentially about whether Benitez sees himself as Liverpool's head coach or whether he will continue to be an English-style manager with control over transfers and club policy.

When asked how he described himself yesterday, Benitez said simply: "I am the Liverpool manager.

 

 

 

"If they [Hicks and Gillett] analyse the last three years, they will find that everything has been going in the right direction," Benitez added, "and I am confident that this meeting will settle all the problems.

 

"Before this misunder-standing, we had the same ideas for the club and we will have the same ideas again if we find a solution. In the first six months [of American ownership] we were working well together, winning games and signing good players and, if the relationship becomes good again, we will have the options to sign more."

 

The first item on the agenda will be a permanent deal for midfielder Javier Mascherano, but although Benitez says he has an agreement in principle, he does not expect it to be sealed until June.

 

Manchester United's assistant manager Carlos Queiroz admits he is bewildered to see Benitez's position under threat. He said: "After everything Rafa has done for Liverpool, he doesn't deserve to be under this kind of pressure."

 

For the time being, all eyes will be on Anfield for the visit of the Premier League champions on Sunday.

 

The significance of John O'Shea's injury-time winner in front of the Kop last season was that it ultimately proved to be the catalyst for United's final push towards the Premiership title. It was the goal that turned hope into belief for Sir Alex Ferguson's unproven team.

 

For Liverpool, O'Shea's intervention came long after their own flickering title hopes had been snuffed out. On Sunday, though, United are preparing to tackle a team who they now believe are genuine contenders to wrestle the Premier League trophy from their grasp.

 

United midfielder Michael Carrick said: "As a United player, Liverpool is always a special game for us, especially at Anfield and last season was very special because we were going for the title and won the game in the last minute.

 

"The difference this year, though, is that Liverpool are going for the title too, so it makes the game even bigger.

 

"The manager has said that the title could come down to games like these and, obviously with Chelsea and Arsenal playing each other as well, Sunday is going to be a huge day.

 

"There is so much history between United and Liverpool and there is no doubt that you can feel the intensity surrounding this fixture. You can feel it around the town and it seems to get bigger and bigger every time. It's going to be a tough game for us, but we know how important it can be to beat our rivals away from home."

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...4/sfnliv114.xml

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  mercury said:
mmm, I'm starting to like this Queiroz guy :unsure:

 

 

that's the point, don't fall for it :rant:

 

He is spot on about Rafa, good of him to point that out!

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  growler said:
why oh why do the press continue to say 26.5mil, when Torres himself said it was 20mil?

 

Because he's done so well you see it a lot less now. Had he flopped every paper would quote £26m

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One of the reasons United chose not to see their lengthy pursuit of Torres through was a nagging doubt within Ferguson's circle of staff about the quality of his finishing.

 

Ferguson himself said today that the reason they didn't sign him was that one year Fernando felt he was too young to leave home and another year they couldn't agree a deal with Atletico so they eventually decided to look elsewhere.

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The Mancs would be unstoppable if they had Torres. They haven't, so they ain't.

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