Chelsea want to offload Torres for 20 million,do you think he's worth a try to see if Harry can work his "magic"on him,or has he had it?
We can't afford his wages anyway, so it won't happen. He'd probably score a hatful for us, as the system plays to his strengths, but I'm not sure that he'd bring out the best in our midfield in the same way that Adebayor has. His work-rate isn't as high, though his movement and finishing are excellent when he's at the top of his game.
I don't think Chelsea would sell him to us....they still have the hump that we didn't allow Modric go to the Bridge!!!
Don't think so - for all of the above reasons. Think he will be better suited to to Italy or back to Spain.
Yes please. Harry magic would sort him right out. Not at the expense of doing a deal on modders though.
Good question, but probably academic as it's unlikely to happen. However, is he worth the gamble, I'd say no. I'd rather invest £4/7m and 'average' wages in a back up for Ade. There are bargains out there, we got a couple in Scott and VDV recently. The striker may be in the Championship, or somewhere abroad, but surely there is someone out there who could cover for Ade at a reasonable price, and of course would get games/match time, because if Pav can get pitch time so would his successor (which is what this player would be).
Don't want Torres. I'd take Amauri as a replacement for Pav though. Think an "ageing" striker could be worth while. Besides, there won't be much of a risk as I doubt he'll cost much baring in mind his contract expires in the summer (I think).
If it's not happening for Torres at Chelsea (and that appears to be the case), the Russian playboy will sell him to whichever club comes up with the money. I've heard all this talk about him being moved to this or that club, but there's been absolutely no indication from any of these clubs that they actually want him and certainly not for £20 million! A lot of these foreign teams are set up to play similar tactics to Chelsea, and they will have seen that Torres looks like a fish out of water in such systems. Why on Earth would they want to take an expensive punt on a player who has already failed in that system? Harry would get Torres playing at the top of his game. His Torres believes that, then the suggestion that we could land him is not so outrageous. Yes, his wages might be a problem, but at £20 million he could prove to be a snip, which would leave a generous sum available as a signing-on fee to off-set Chelsea's ridiculous wages. Also, Torres himself will have to make a decision whether he wants to rot in Chelsea's reserves or be a major part of the mighty Spurs juggernaut, thereby reviving his international career. I'd be more inclined to believe that "Torres to Spurs" would be a more likely outcome than "Tevez to Spurs."
I agree it's stupid journalism but it's just a hypothetical question to get us talking. Besides Chelsea have the kind of funds to shrug off a loss like that and then go onto buy another striker at £50mill should they want. Torres, like Kaka would be a great coup but we need a striker to replace Pav, not one of the most expensive finishers in the World.
I think replacing Pav with one of the most expensive finishers in the world sounds like progress. Better than replacing him with Pav II
True but we're not a club with infinite funds so I'd rather we spread our money over a few players, like another cb so that Bassong can leave, a left back to compete with Benny, another winger who can compete with Bale and Lennon, etc.
Yeah, i'm with you on that. But i still wouldn't complain at replacing pav with torres. If we got £8m for pav and torres for £20m he's only cost us £12m, and he's younger.
I don't see Torres or Tevez happening, and I agree with YV that buying an affordable replacement for Pav is what we need as cover, and when necessary replacement, for ADe. I'd rather have Ade in our squad than Torres or Tevez, so I hope we can keep him.
Other issues that any major striking signing would bring up are Defoe and the possibility of upsetting Adebayor. If we signed one of these strikers, then the diminutive striker would want to leave. Adebayor wouldn't want to stay if he wasn't playing. That would mean bringing in another player to replace Defoe and the possibility of some disruption to the squad.
So you would prefer not to sign someone who in the not too distant past was WORLD CLASS and has the possibility to be again just so Defoe doesn't get upset?
Well first off Chelsea thought the exact same thing and it didn't work out for them, if they're willing to let him go. Secondly it wouldn't just be upsetting Defoe, it may also ruin Adebayor's current good temperament, if he's left out of the side. If you don't drop him, then you probably have to leave out van der Vaart, which would knock his settled state. You either risk disrupting the side or damaging the system for a player that may be in an irreparable nosedive of form, who would bust our wage ceiling by a mile and who might look for a move almost instantly if he does recover. That's if this story is even true. Personally I'd prefer to see us sign someone like Ivica Olic, who I think could do a great job but wouldn't need to start every week.
I'm struggling to think of a single reason why one penny should be spent on Torres. It's been two years where he's been "trying to play his way back into form" or "getting match-sharp after injury" hasn't it? I don't know how or why but he's broken. Torres is just not a very good striker any more and I'll be amazed if he ever looks like the old Torres again. Oh and in response to a post above: Tevez wouldn't improve our squad?! Err...you do mean Carlos Tevez the Argentinian footballer? Or is there some other Tevez who isn't definitely one of the best strikers in the world?
