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The best result for us is if Liverpool say in a statement "Torres will stay with us, at least until the summer" - Liverpool fans would never accept him!

SkySports News said Torres has just arrived at Melwood.

Torres is at Melwood, but not in training because he's having a meeting with club officials, so probably Dalglish, Gerrard et al. Result I'm sure will be him revoking the transfer request. But can we STOP WITH THE TWITTER RUMOURS FFS.

Was a 50-50 call, you can understand how the linesman flagged it a corner, in real time. Doesn't excuse the poor defending though..

Yeah I think he was one of Scolari's loanees.. Shame really, we could use him now

Never said that. Depending on what the goals of the club are now (4th & FA Cup) then I believe these are attainable. Even with the squad we have now I have no doubt we can secure 4th and perhaps threaten for 3rd.

But that point is somewhat irrelevant now. The club obviously realise that's a problem and will hopefully fix that in the next window.

Please stick those in the "Facebook and Twitter thread" it is designed for such lazy rumours.

But you have to remember, it's January. The whole Luiz fiasco just shows how badly clubs are reluctant to sell because there's hardly anyone to buy in order to replace them. With Pienaar Everton had no choice, his contract was expiring and so it looked a worthy transfer for us (not that I'm relieved it didn't go through). I'm not panicking because we've already seen the cost of this thing squad at it's worst. Our improvement within the squad we have is clear to see, we are putting in more effort now. The next 3 months won't be easy for us to witness, or it may be a brilliant few. All I know is, I'm optimistic for the summer window, and until then I can only hope the players we have now, put in maximum effort and stay fit.

Good point actually..

I agree with you on that. But The intention for that is still there, the example I'll use isn't the best in the world but, us going after Pienaar demonstrated how the board understands the mistakes they've made. They're now dedicated to adding more players and depth. Luiz, Torres and Pienaar bids all show we're looking to strengthen our squad in areas we feel we're weak. The United board didn't not get to where they are now without making mistakes. Our board has made a lot of mistakes this season, now we must trust they will learn from these mistakes and make the necessary changes in the summer.

How could I forget!

That's because United's players have got 2 things on their side.. An injury free campaign and tremendous luck. We're responsible for our own demise with the players, it's clear they weren't strong enough in November, without Lampard, Terry, Essien and Drogba. Now we're starting to function (albeit slowly) but at least we know the problem does lie with the personnel. I agree going after Torres maybe a sign of desperation but it does show we are looking to add more quality to our squad.

Yes that's true, but like Henrique said.. At least we've tried. And that shows positive signs for June

Depends on what you read/from where. Personally, I don't think we will. Window closes on Monday 23:00GMT. We've left it too late imo. But there IS hope. If both clubs move quickly, however we won't know the outcome till deadline day really.

I thought they used him at DM along side Melo? But if you're right then that'd be great!

And that's the main thing. This ridiculous feeling that Roman is tightening the purse strings completely can now be ruled out.

If Torres were to ever come.. Cech Bosingwa - Ivanovic - Terry - Cole Mikel Ramires/Essien - Lampard - Malouda Torres - Drogba

I guess that's what's wrong with our negotiation system then

Lol at what you've done! http://bit.ly/fPg0wO

The "agent" story is bull.

I know right! Was almost as great as the story by some fan on RAWK about how it was all David Villa's fault Torres wanted to leave and even wrote up a script for it!!

Someone told me about a rumour that Torres's agent was fired this morning, apparently he was told by Torres he wants to leave because the club promised him a striking partner and they didn't deliver. Then when Suarez was signed Torres "changed his mind" but it was too late Of course, I don't believe any of it. Still gotta love scouse imagination

Is that a bad thing necessarily?

It's kind of like when Essien scored that screamer vs Barcelona, he went straight to Mikel too.