People need to stop kidding themselves that the Golden Boy wouldn't do this to us.
He IS doing it to us.
Clubs do not bid for players unless the player is up for it. When do clubs ever bid for a player, for the player to then say "I don't want to sign for you!" It may break down over personal terms, but club's only bid when they know the player is up for it. We did it with Suarez and Adam.
Balague didnt just pluck this out of his arse. Makes me laugh this 'we want you to listen to Chelsea's offer'. We did listen, and we said **** off.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Torres comes out and says it's all bollocks, but it will only happen if Chelsea don't have an offer accepted and he has to stay here.
Clubs don't put bids in for players without first making sure that the player is up for it. When do you ever hear of a situation where a club bids for a player, and the player laughs and says 'I wouldn't sign for you in a million years!'. Doesn't happen, generally only personal terms will stop it, and often they've already been agreed before the bid is lodged with the players club.
The way it works is that clubs go to the player/agent first, and test the water. If they get the response they're looking for, then they put a bid in with the club.
Chelsea wouldn't have bid unless they had the go ahead from Torres and/or his agent. Given that his mates in the Spain squad were saying last summer he wanted to go to Chelsea and they were surprised it didn't happen, I don't see why this is hard for people to believe.
It may or may not happen, but the idea that Torres is an innocent bystander in all this just isn't plausible.
My issue isn't that Chelsea want him, or that he wants to go there. My issue is that there is only three days left in the window, and if he forces this through and leaves us in the ****, then it would say a lot about his character.
For me it should have happened 3 weeks ago, or it should wait until the summer. Not now.
As far as I am concerned he may as well have refused to play in half the games he's played this season, as it was clear he wanted to be anywhere other than out there on the pitch.
As for Chamberlain and Adebayor, well I'm not sure we did bid for either, but if we did bid for them, then yes, I'd bet that we did sound them out to see if they'd be interested. Obviously we wouldn't have been the only interested parties though, but if they'd said they weren't interested we wouldn't have bid.
That's how football works, player/agent first, then make a bid. You think Chelsea hadn't sounded out Gerrard and Struan Marshall before they bid for him twice?
If they offer ÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¡ÃÆÃââââ¬à ¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã40m & Anelka I'd snatch their hands off, as personally I'd rather have that than have a sulking Torres for the rest of the season, which is the risk we run if we refuse to let him go.
He IS doing it to us.
Clubs do not bid for players unless the player is up for it. When do clubs ever bid for a player, for the player to then say "I don't want to sign for you!" It may break down over personal terms, but club's only bid when they know the player is up for it. We did it with Suarez and Adam.
Balague didnt just pluck this out of his arse. Makes me laugh this 'we want you to listen to Chelsea's offer'. We did listen, and we said **** off.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Torres comes out and says it's all bollocks, but it will only happen if Chelsea don't have an offer accepted and he has to stay here.
Clubs don't put bids in for players without first making sure that the player is up for it. When do you ever hear of a situation where a club bids for a player, and the player laughs and says 'I wouldn't sign for you in a million years!'. Doesn't happen, generally only personal terms will stop it, and often they've already been agreed before the bid is lodged with the players club.
The way it works is that clubs go to the player/agent first, and test the water. If they get the response they're looking for, then they put a bid in with the club.
Chelsea wouldn't have bid unless they had the go ahead from Torres and/or his agent. Given that his mates in the Spain squad were saying last summer he wanted to go to Chelsea and they were surprised it didn't happen, I don't see why this is hard for people to believe.
It may or may not happen, but the idea that Torres is an innocent bystander in all this just isn't plausible.
My issue isn't that Chelsea want him, or that he wants to go there. My issue is that there is only three days left in the window, and if he forces this through and leaves us in the ****, then it would say a lot about his character.
For me it should have happened 3 weeks ago, or it should wait until the summer. Not now.
As far as I am concerned he may as well have refused to play in half the games he's played this season, as it was clear he wanted to be anywhere other than out there on the pitch.
As for Chamberlain and Adebayor, well I'm not sure we did bid for either, but if we did bid for them, then yes, I'd bet that we did sound them out to see if they'd be interested. Obviously we wouldn't have been the only interested parties though, but if they'd said they weren't interested we wouldn't have bid.
That's how football works, player/agent first, then make a bid. You think Chelsea hadn't sounded out Gerrard and Struan Marshall before they bid for him twice?
If they offer ÃÆÃâÃâ ââ¬â¢ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¡ÃÆÃââââ¬à ¡ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã40m & Anelka I'd snatch their hands off, as personally I'd rather have that than have a sulking Torres for the rest of the season, which is the risk we run if we refuse to let him go.
