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Gunga Din

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Jesus H Christ. That would be a final nail in our coffin - all sorts of recriminations against the club then :-(

 

 

would be awful wouldnt it.

 

what would you do? type furiously on an interweb forum. because of that doesnt learn 'em, what will?

CarraLegend

CarraLegend

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Losing a great player isnt the end of the world. You get the signings right with the cash you receive and you can end up better. But..

 

The problem is we'll have trouble attracting players because of the situation we're in and because we wont get anywhere near whatever he's sold for to spend. So yeah, we're f***ed.

richwilks

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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=787982&sec=transfers&cc=5739

 

Fernando Torres will be the subject of a world record bid from Chelsea within days.

 

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Fernando Torres wants Champions League football

 

 

 

The total package of transfer fee and salary will make Torres a staggering £130 million investment. And Soccernet has been informed that owner Roman Abramovich is personally taking control of the project to bring the Liverpool striker to Chelsea.

 

Torres has been linked with Chelsea, Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid for a some time but the Blues will be first to make a concrete offer.

 

Abramovich is ready to release the cash following a Premier League and FA Cup double this season, but he is also acutely aware he could cut an alternative deal with Liverpool in need of new players.

 

Chelsea are willing to offer three players in part exchange, as an option to smooth through the Torres transfer.

 

Abramovich is also prepared to match City's expected offer to Torres of £200,000-a-week, which is being mooted via the middle men now authorised to try and clinch the deal.

 

An insider told Soccernet: "Torres is the best, and Roman wants the best. He has identified Torres as the player who can help him bring the Champions League to Stamford Bridge.

 

"Torres can go to City for just as much money perhaps even more, but it's clear that Chelsea offer far more in terms of a crack at the Champions League whereas City aren't even in it."

 

Chelsea are drawing up a list of players to offer to Liverpool in part exchange for Torres that could take the overall transfer value above the £80 million world record Real Madrid paid for Cristiano Ronaldo.

 

The deal could be structured like this; pick any three players from a specified list plus £40 million cash up front for Torres. That offer, according to Soccernet sources, will be made well ahead of the World Cup finals in South Africa, and most likely early next week.

 

With the three players averaging around £15 million each, the total valuation of the Torres offer would be in excess of the Ronaldo fee.

 

Abramovich is personally spearheading the quest to land Torres, and his manager Carlo Ancelotti will consider which players to use as bait to tempt Liverpool: Jose Bosingwa, Nicolas Anelka, Ricardo Carvalho, Deco, Salomon Kalou and Paulo Ferreira.

 

Anelka is the one player the Italian coach might be reluctant to offer up and, of course, the Frenchman might not wish to return to Anfield - although he has expressed regret at failing to win a permanent move to the club after spending a loan spell on Merseyside.

 

Manchester City are also in a position to offer Liverpool a shopping list of swap players, as well as a cash payment in excess of Chelsea's, but the prospect of joining the Double winners and a club intent on landing the Champions League would be far more appealing.

 

Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are battling with losses of £54.9 million, a net debt of £351 million, no Champions League football and with new chairman Martin Broughton an appointee of the club's bank RBS, a £40 million cash-plus-players bid for their star asset will clearly be accepted.

 

Ironically, Broughton is a Chelsea season ticket holder, and any decision to sell would inevitably make him unpopular at Anfield.

 

Such is the ground work being prpeared at the Bridge for the Torres bid, that star strikerDidier Drogba is already ready to welcome him to the club.

 

"Of course I would welcome Torres," Drogba said last week. "Every time a new player comes here, it makes the club bigger and gives us a lot of strength. If there is a chance for him to come here, he will be welcome, because any help is welcome.''

 

 

 

What a s*** list of players on offer. I'd take Anelka but that's about it.

meepins

meepins

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What a s*** list of players on offer. I'd take Anelka but that's about it.

..so make up your own list and it will be as true as that story.

Sion

Sion

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haha that's laughably made up. 3 players plus money? haha. When does that ever happen involving one player, let alone 3.

 

None of the players mentioned are worth anywhere close to £15m either!

 

Deco is going on 33

Carvalho is going on 32

Anelka is 31

Ferreira 31 and dog turd

Bosingwa has been out ages with an injury, and isn't even good when fit

 

this bit as well.

 

such is the ground work being prpeared at the Bridge for the Torres bid, that star strikerDidier Drogba is already ready to welcome him to the club.

 

 

"Of course I would welcome Torres," Drogba said last week. "Every time a new player comes here, it makes the club bigger and gives us a lot of strength. If there is a chance for him to come here, he will be welcome, because any help is welcome.''

 

:lol: That's a quote from weeks ago when he was asked if he'd like Torres. Drogba knows f*** all.

magneto

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Player swaps are very difficult to engineer. You have to agree personal terms with each and every individual.

 

All those players are already on massive wages, which we cannot afford anyway.

aka Dus

aka Dus

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Classic journo matching story that. Some little prick in a newsroom this morning read the Man City cash + players 'story' and promptly ran off to lash this out in less than 750 words, without anything other than a bit of creative thinking and the appreciative grin of his editor upon receipt. I almost guarantee that that's what happened.

Cobs

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Barking up the wrong tree. Cobs won't even settle his £5 promises.

 

you'd only spend it on protein shakes to make your thighs even bigger

D.Boon

D.Boon

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Barking up the wrong tree. Cobs won't even settle his £5 promises.

 

Actually, Ive changed my mind. £50 million plus Essien, then we sell Masch to Barca for £25.

 

Get me Purslow on the phone!

Hassony

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If there is any truth in this rumour it would be the end of Liverpool as a big club..

 

no it won't be you silly bugger

 

OK, £40m + Drogba, Essien and Alex. Should sort out a few of our weaker areas!!

 

aquilani has played more times than Essien has over the past two seasons

anfield11

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If there is any truth in this rumour it would be the end of Liverpool as a big club..

 

 

 

Sadly, I think you are spot on. Without wanting to sound dramatic, we badly need a Sugar Daddy to restore our standing. Preferably with more money than Abramovich at bare minimum.

anfield11

anfield11

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no it won't be you silly bugger

 

 

 

aquilani has played more times than Essien has over the past two seasons

 

 

It's more likely to than not., you can't possibly say it won't.

 

We might as well fold and all start supporting Everton.

 

 

Make little of it if you wish, but it's a serious serious concern.

Sion

Sion

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It's more likely to than not., you can't possibly say it won't.

 

 

 

 

Make little of it if you wish, but it's a serious serious concern.

 

We're already f***ed and on the decline. Selling Torres might just make it happen a little quicker.

There's only one thing that could happen that can prevent us from disappearing into mediocrity and that is a sale to responsible owners.

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