Despite leaving the Reds under a heavy cloud of criticism to join Premier League rivals Chelsea.Sports betting here The Spanish striker endured calls of being a traitor(myself included) by the Liverpool fans.
He drew further rath at the time by claiming he had now joined "a bigger club" in Chelsea, he also claimed that he had no loyalty to any club other than Athletico Madrid
His home-town team from where he moved to Anfield for £20 million during Rafa Benitez' reign.
He endured a miserable start to his £50 million Chelsea career scoring just once in the latter-half of the 2010/11 Season.
That form hardly improved much last Season as he managed just 11 goals during Chelsea's campaign last Season.
In an interview with Spanish media during the week, Torres finally spoke of Liverpool in glowing terms: "I owe Liverpool a huge amount. To the people, to the men in charge, to (Rafa) Benítez and his staff, to the city. A huge amount.
"Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will change that. I could not have chosen a better place to go when I left Atlético (Madrid).
"I decided to leave because I had to take a step forwards. It wasn't the best way to have gone but nor were things exactly as they were sold [to people]."
He did hint that there was more to the story than the mere quest for better trophy winning opportunities, adding: "One day the truth will come out. In a sporting sense, nothing was happening; a new project was needed. We talked about that - about growth."
"The other day when the news broke about Hillsborough, I felt emotional," revealed Torres. "I have experienced that, I know what the people have been through, I have seen them cry. I've lived that, I made it mine.
Well done Fernando Torres, I always admired you as a footballer and I felt betrayed when you left Liverpool, but, funny enough, I always wanted you to continue to do well for Spain and get a goal or two for Chelsea.
You are always welcome back to Anfield.
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Not by me... he's a c@nt.
ReplyDeleteYou were right in the first instance when you called him a traitor if he had stayed and played alongside Suarez they would have had been the best strike partnership the premiership had ever seen and more importantly King Kenny would still be in a job, once a traitor torres always a traitor.
ReplyDeleteI dont thing of him as a traidor, i believe that he is a great striker, one of the best 5 of all the leagues, and i thing that the managers didnt do the best to keep him before he went to the blues. Perhaps im wrong, but i still believe in he, and we need him much more that we thing. And agree of the last part, he'll always be welcome back...
ReplyDeleteWhen his form dipped, the Manager saw money when Chelsea shows interest. I wont blame Torres. He wanted to excel but in Liverpool he lost all the assist the got from Mascherano and Alonso.
ReplyDeleteWorking alone to score was very taxing and he had to get out to to get better assist to score goals.
Poor fella , he loved Liverpool but was angry to loose all the chances to score. With his form poor and value still there ... the manager did just that to cash out.
Well to be fair he wasnt really getting that much help, most time it looked like they were just passing it to Torres, hoping he would make a goal out of nothing, everyone was leaning on him, if he was here now with Allen Gerrard Suarez Sahin(for now) and Sterling we would be in top 4, sadly thats not the case
ReplyDeleteHe wanted to fatten his bank account pure and simple. Gerrard provided most of his assists anyway and he was still there.
ReplyDeleteI would love him back at the club. He is a true legend. Wat ppl don't realise he was the one who finished teams if needed a goal. A true goal machine. Can't u see he wants to come back 2 liverpool.
ReplyDeleteThe combination of his injury and losing the service as previously mentioned (remember Stevie G's persistant injuries started around that time as well) made Torres less effective and miserable. I have to think that not enough effort was made to convince him to stay, remember the attude "if the player wants to go...." £ signs floated in front of Commolli and Dalglish when they found out Chelski was calling. Don't really blame Torres for the move but the big problem is the bridge burning he did shortly after leaving. What's probably eating at Nando is how hollow (plastic?) those trophies he has collected with Chelski feel.
ReplyDeleteToo right Anon!
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