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So does Torres, doesn't stop us wanting him...

As far as I'm concerned, we already have Josh who isn't getting enough playing time...

Many Liverpool supporters already think that if Fernando Torres no longer wishes to play for the club he should be sold. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Liverpool, having been dismayed by Fernando Torres's public declaration that he would prefer to move on, are likely to do business with Chelsea if an improved bid is received for the striker. With money at their disposal, Chelsea have used the tail-end of the transfer window to launch a classic sting, leaving Liverpool little option but to seriously consider accepting a realistic bid for a player they will now be resigned to losing and whose continued presence in the squad may even become disruptive. Carlo Ancelotti did not want to answer questions about the pursuit of Torres after their FA Cup clash at Everton. Chelsea are thought to be preparing a second bid for the Spaniard, after Liverpool rejected their offer, believed to be £35m plus Daniel Sturridge. There are some suggestions that a new offer could include Nicolas Anelka as a makeweight. Liverpool have turned down Torres's request but may have given Chelsea enough encouragement to move again for the 26-year-old before Monday evening's 11pm transfer deadline. Ancelotti was tight-lipped. "I don't know, we will have to wait. There is no change," was all the Italian would say when asked about the matter. The travelling supporters at Goodison amused themselves on Merseyside by chanting Torres's name and asking the (absent) player to give them a wave. While the transfer request that Torres submitted on Friday has officially been rejected, there seems little point forcing a disaffected player to stay when the likelihood is that he would depart in the summer anyway. He is believed to have a release clause in his contract, enabling him to move for £50m if Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League. They are highly unlikely to do so. Liverpool have accused Chelsea of unsettling or tapping up their player, and the London club do appear to have acted in the confident knowledge that Torres would respond to their interest. By delaying their bid until the last few days of the transfer window Chelsea have forced Liverpool to choose between two unacceptable alternatives. Either sell now, when the price is high and there may still be time to acquire a replacement, or keep Torres to the letter of his contract and risk the player underperforming for the rest of the season and incurring the resentment of supporters. Liverpool's initial response to the Chelsea bid was predictable but Torres's request caught the club slightly by surprise, and there is little time left for talking Torres round or pursuing alternative strategies. A deal will probably go through tomorrow if a price can be agreed that does not involve Liverpool losing too much face. The £35m-plus-a-player deal would not represent a bad return on a player whom Liverpool bought for £23m in 2007. Many Liverpool supporters are already of the opinion that if Torres no longer wishes to play for the club he should be sold on as soon as possible, and directors are likely to feel the same they have an obligation to hold out for the highest price. Liverpool's increased bid to sign Luis Suárez from Ajax for £22m on Friday is likely to be the first stage of preparing for life without Torres. If Liverpool do sell, Torres's first game for Chelsea could be against Liverpool next weekend. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/30/fernando-torres-chelsea

Sturridge to Bolton on loan? --> http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/football-hotline/2011/01/30/bolton-boss-owen-coyle-in-bid-for-chelsea-striker-daniel-sturridge-102039-22885174/

Carlo Ancelotti in shock move for Latics youngster James McCarthy Jan 30 2011 by Alan Nixon, The People Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is making a shock £6million bid to sign Wigan's midfield ­maestro James McCarthy. The Stamford Bridge club are ready to make a surprise offer for McCarthy, 20, in a bid to get him signed up ­tomorrow although they may have to wait until the end of the season. Ancelotti's spies have tipped him off about the Ireland starlet, who proved his fitness and class on his return from a three-month lay-off last week. McCarthy only joined Wigan 18 months ago from Hamilton Accies in a £1.25m raid – and emerged as one of the best ­prospects in the Premier League before he ­damaged ankle ligaments. Now the Glasgow-born talent could be on his way to Chelsea in the next 24 hours as Ancelotti looks to beef up his squad with a Big Mac. McCarthy would go straight into Chelsea's squad for the title race and be handed a place in their Champions League squad. But Wigan supremo Dave Whelan does not want to lose him in the middle of a relegation battle ­unless the fee is massive – and boss Roberto Martinez needs him as he fights for his job. But it is a remarkable chance for the quiet lad who turned down the opportunity of joining Liverpool as a kid because he wanted to take a ­gradual route to the top. McCarthy is ready to go to a leading club now and Ancelotti wants him ­badly after letting French starlet Gael Kakuta, 19, join Fulham on loan. Talented McCarthy ­impressed Chelsea's top scouts when they watched his goalscoring ­return to full-time action in the 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa at the DW Stadium on Tuesday night. http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/football-hotline/2011/01/30/carlo-ancelotti-in-shock-move-for-latics-youngster-james-mccarthy-102039-22884862/

He'll realise he's made the wrong choice by mid-April.

SIGN TORRES. And score goals.

I'm leaving Twatter, its just getting me excited for nothing

Can I make it clear we have a Twitter rumours thread. ANYTHING on Twitter MUST be posted there. Other sources in these topics.

Signing Torres might be a mistake. He's injury prone and we'd have to change systems to enable him to play.

I just think they go to Mikel to rub it in. "Haha, I just scored, learn to shoot bitch."

That's just a tentative date.... will be confirmed by the FA in a week after the draw is made tomorrow one imagines.

Dear the Chelsea board, Please sign Torres to prove I should not completely lose all faith in the way this club is being run. Kind regards, Alex Hinsley. P.S. if you sack Ancelotti I will murder all of you. P.P.S if you sign Torres I will run through school naked. That is all.

I imagine as it will be a replay, it will be played at either 12pm, half twelve or 1pm, as to separate it from the FA Cup 5th round ties.

Leyton Orient away :eyebrows:

Until I looked at the poster I thought that was by Tommy :lol:

I dunno... if we offer Anelka I think there is a great chance, as Liverpool will be signing a top, top player themselves...

Not surprised in the slightest. King Kenny will have sat down and 'talked' with him.

International midweek friendlies taking place that week. England face Denmark.

The replay will be on Saturday 19th February... maybe the authorities saw this, realised I was pissed off and put it there?

This takes place tomorrow at about quarter past 4 English time. Furthermore, the date for the Everton replay at the Bridge is tentatively put down for the Saturday of 5th round weekend - the 19th of February.

Well as I said in the report, Everton have missed an opportunity today.

A realistic appraisal of the match- absolutely agreed. Because all of a sudden everyone likes him again. Gives the Kalou lovers like me a wry smile of course, but it will be back to slagging him off next time he misses a chance of any sort. Good post (again)! I'm keen for Kalou to stay - as a sub he is excellent. His pace was a different proposition for the Everton defence considering Anelka and Flo seem to have lost half a yard of pace. 2007/08 Carling Cup semi-finals. SWP and an own-goal by Lescott. Mikel got sent off.

Thanks for reading + the comments

Everton 1-1 Chelsea Saturday 29 January 2011, the FA Cup, Goodison Park Salomon Kalou scored moments after coming off the bench to earn below-par Chelsea a replay to secure a 1-1 draw at Everton in the FA Cup fourth round. The Toffees' recent form against Carlo Ancelotti's side has been excellent, with David Moyes' charges now having recorded a four-game unbeaten run against the West London outfit - but Everton will rue the form of Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, with another magnificent display from the Blues' number one denying the hosts what would have been a deserved fourth round victory. Everton will feel that they will have missed a great opportunity to knock out a team vying to become the first side since 1886 to record a hat-trick of FA Cup successes, especially after Louis Saha - so often the scourge of Chelsea - gave them a deserved lead just beyond the hour. However, Chelsea's magnificent Czech custodian kept them in contention, and an inspired substitution from Ancelotti saw Kalou hit a sumptuous equaliser to silence Everton celebrations with a quarter-hour to go. Both sides had presentable late opportunities to steal a winner, with Cech being forced into an excellent save to turn behind a rasping drive from Jermaine Beckford, whilst Brazilian midfielder Ramires was a post's width away from supplying his team a dream winner with only a few minutes remaining on the clock - but Ancelotti will surely be the happier of the two managers after his below-par side managed to secure a replay. A mid-February replay may prove a potentially difficult fixture - especially since Chelsea have not beaten Everton at Stamford Bridge in any competition since the 2007/2008 Carling Cup semi-finals - but it will come as a boost to the Blues as they extend their unbeaten run to four games, representing a dramatic and pleasing turnaround since a shock 1-0 away at Molineux to Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month. After Monday's impressive demolition of Bolton, it was no surprise that Ancelotti named a largely-unchanged team - the returning Frank Lampard the only piece of team news as John Mikel Obi was relegated to the bench. But with Daniel Sturridge, a man with a penchant for scoring FA Cup goals out with a niggling injury and Gael Kakuta on loan at Fulham, the Blues' options going forward were limited to goalscorer Kalou and young winger Jacopo Sala - indicating Chelsea's desperate need for attacking options. But whilst a goalscoring renaissance has somewhat put paid to criticisms of an apparently-impotent Chelsea attack, the Blues found themselves outdone by Everton in the midfield - but thankfully on the counter-attack, Ancelotti's men looked increasingly closer to the side that found a desirable habit of putting the ball in the back of the net earlier in the term. As on Monday, when Drogba spanked a delicious, fizzing effort into the roof of the net from 35 yards, it was the Ivorian who registered the first meaningful attempt of the game - but in juxtaposed fashion his effort was tamely directed straight at Toffees' keeper Tim Howard. Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was denied at the last by José Bosingwa as Everton mustered their first meaningful attack of the game with a quarter-hour gone, before John Terry and Michael Essien both failed with presentable efforts from corner kicks. But whilst the best of those two chances - Terry's header - rippled the top of the netting, Jack Rodwell went even closer for the hosts, but Petr Cech's legs formed a formidable barrier that the young England star failed to breach. A congested midfield was doing its best not only to nullify attempted breaks by the Blues but also put them under considerable pressure, and moments after Rodwell's opportunity the hosts were creating the majority of the opportunities. Yet the best chance of the half fell to the sulky figure of Anelka, who, with three goals in his last three appearances, should have done better than drive straight at Howard with his left foot on 41 minutes. A similar effort from the other side of the penalty area, and Anelka would surely have done better on his stronger foot. It was a chance Chelsea could have been made to rue merely five minutes into the second half as Everton restarted at a breakneck pace. Louis Saha capitalised on great work by Marouane Fellaini after poor play by John Terry had presented Everton with a glorious chance, but Saha's cross-cum-shot from close range was deflected behind by the excellent Ramires; one of Chelsea's better performers on a day where the overall Blues' showing was well below the standards that had seen them achieve three consecutive victories. Everton, sensing an opportunity to record a famous victory over the team that beat them in spectacular fashion at Wembley in the 2009 final, would be more successful with their next foray into the penalty area, though, as Saha beat his marker to power home a header from a Leighton Baines corner. The hosts has registered a deserved lead. That goal seemed to galvanise the unusually-quiet home faithful, who were being out-sung by the contingent of away supporters and outdone by a noticeable quantity of empty seats - about ten thousand of them. Prior to the goal, Petr Cech had done well to react to a powered Fellaini header to parry it over, and he excelled himself with his next contribution; a stunning reflex save to deny Seamus Coleman's close-range header. Essien did enough to block the follow-up effort, but Chelsea were on the ropes and struggling to contain their opponents. The deficit was soon wiped out, however, as Ancelotti responded with a simple-but-effective change. It did little to change Chelsea's shape, but the introduction of Kalou offered them the burst of pace that seems to have deserted both Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda in recent months. And it was the Ivorian who levelled matters with a sublime finish into the bottom corner from an angle after Anelka had switched play gloriously as Chelsea broke from the corner won by Everton after Cech's stunning save to deny Coleman. In a matter of moments, a lightning counter had muted the Goodison Park faithful, and it was the quota of Chelsea fans who were celebrating an equaliser which was testament to their commendable defensive resilience considering the sustained pressure Everton had put them under. That seemed to make Everton think twice before committing forward after a textbook display of counter-attacking football had undone the home team in glorious - though also fortuitous - fashion. Anelka's cross-field ball had been meant for the marauding Ramires, but the Brazilian's poor touch instead saw the ball fall to Kalou, who did his manager credit with an unerring finish. But there was no element of luck moments later as the fine margins of the woodwork denied Ramires doubling his Chelsea tally. After scoring his first goal for the club on Monday, he nearly made it two in as many games when he lashed the ball against the outside of the post from distance - nearly securing passage to the last sixteen in spectacular fashion. Everton rallied, though, and it took further excellent goalkeeping from Cech to push substitute Beckford's drilled effort wide after Ivanovic had been undone by a long-ball, and then Saha headed tamely wide in stoppage time as the hosts attempted to scavenge a late winner. Cech, signed in 2004, is still unbeaten in this competition, but Chelsea surely have their goalkeeper to thank as much as they do goalscorer Kalou for salvaging a barely-earned draw. In return, Essien headed across goal but wide of the far post late on as Chelsea threatened to complete a stunning turnaround - but unfortunately to no avail. A replay will now be play in mid-February - presumably on the weekend of the 19-20th; considering Chelsea's future midweek commitments away at Sunderland and Copenhagen in the Champions League, as well as midweek internationals in the first week of the month. It may result in a fixture pile-up - but Chelsea are still in the cup and will fancy their chances in front of a vociferous home support. ___________________________________________________________________ Everton (4-4-1-1):Howard; Neville ©, Heitinga, Distin, Baines; Coleman, Rodwell (Beckford 85), Arteta, Bilyaletdinov; Fellaini; Saha. Chelsea (4-3-3): Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry ©, Cole; Essien, Ramires, Lampard (Mikel 84); Anelka, Drogba, Malouda (Kalou 69). The TalkChelsea.net Man of the Match was Chelsea's number 1, PETR CECH