zolayes 14,489 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 30million and we can talk ;Dthats far too much for us to pay to get rid of him .. but perhaps not termninja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Has to be him. Either a loan or a transfer. I can't see jose going into the next season with costa-torres-Dd as his option. Its suicidal.I have a feeling that Torres will leave and Jose will choose Drogba to replace him which makes perfect sense as Costa and Lukaku will get the chance to play more often. A strikeforce of Costa-Lukaku and Drogba looks really deadly. Hope this happens. didierforever and robsblubot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 You do know that most of the revenue from shirt sales goes straight to Adidas right? We only get a quite small percentage of the actual profit. So his marketability is nothing huge.fair points, but reckon you are all missing the other aspects of marketing: market penetration and brand recognition.When Torres fans in country X wear Torres jersey, they are also promoting Chelsea as a club as well as its affiliates.Similar, but not nearly as big as Park at United. As good as Park was in defense, he was never good enough to play for United IMO. Sounds familiar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Just about to have a wank looking at this picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Fernando Torres needs 46 goals in his next game to equal his record with Liverpool....good luck. petre.ispirescu and Roquila 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Fernando Torres needs 46 goals in his next game to equal his record with Liverpool....good luck.I BELIEVE IN TORRES! CMON NANDO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantdeville 195 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Is it a spanish club thing to present new signings??I was just wondering the same thing. It's quite a ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 We've moved Drogba to the current squad....so can we move Torres to Ex-Blues? Hamilton and Svita 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 unless his loan/transfer is CONFIRMED, i wont sleep easily!!!! would just mean lukaku would AGAIN do something STUPID, IDIOTIC and CHILDISH. please torres please!!!! get out!!!! zolayes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 fair points, but reckon you are all missing the other aspects of marketing: market penetration and brand recognition.When Torres fans in country X wear Torres jersey, they are also promoting Chelsea as a club as well as its affiliates.Similar, but not nearly as big as Park at United. As good as Park was in defense, he was never good enough to play for United IMO. Sounds familiar?Park never cost United £50m and £185k a week though. Also Park never had the pressure of being a 'star player' at United either. Park's marketability and brand was being used to penetrate the Asian market, and it did so very successfully. Torres' marketability is useful for what exactly? He was a global superstar when he arrived here but what is he useful for now? Some deluded fanboys/girls? Some Spanish fans? Like you said, it isn't anywhere near the marketability that Park offered for United. What I think it is - it's in Torres' contract. In his contract I think we agreed that he'll be one of the faces of the club (hence why the always mention him in interviews in big signings + how his face I plastered on all of our ad campaigns and around Stamford Bridge); so unfortunately we have to oblige the terms of the contract. I seriously can't wait for the day his contract runs out/we sell him. He's a leech. Belgiannutt, Term-X, The Mak and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Park never cost United £50m and £185k a week though. Also Park never had the pressure of being a 'star player' at United either. Park's marketability and brand was being used to penetrate the Asian market, and it did so very successfully. Torres' marketability is useful for what exactly? He was a global superstar when he arrived here but what is he useful for now? Some deluded fanboys/girls? Some Spanish fans? Like you said, it isn't anywhere near the marketability that Park offered for United.What I think it is - it's in Torres' contract. In his contract I think we agreed that he'll be one of the faces of the club (hence why the always mention him in interviews in big signings + how his face I plastered on all of our ad campaigns and around Stamford Bridge); so unfortunately we have to oblige the terms of the contract. I seriously can't wait for the day his contract runs out/we sell him. He's a leech.preaching to the choir...I was just mentioning that the club will make more out of him than "merely" shirt sales. That the calculation wouldn't be as simple as profit in shirt sales.That he is currently completely inadequate at this level, no question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Park never cost United £50m and £185k a week though. Also Park never had the pressure of being a 'star player' at United either. Park's marketability and brand was being used to penetrate the Asian market, and it did so very successfully. Torres' marketability is useful for what exactly? He was a global superstar when he arrived here but what is he useful for now? Some deluded fanboys/girls? Some Spanish fans? Like you said, it isn't anywhere near the marketability that Park offered for United.What I think it is - it's in Torres' contract. In his contract I think we agreed that he'll be one of the faces of the club (hence why the always mention him in interviews in big signings + how his face I plastered on all of our ad campaigns and around Stamford Bridge); so unfortunately we have to oblige the terms of the contract. I seriously can't wait for the day his contract runs out/we sell him. He's a leech.I've suspected this for quite a while...there might be an appearance related clause as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Are the Atletico links genuine? I'm worried there's no talk of the albatoress going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boshman 1,073 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Was just lookong at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how happy we all were the few days after he signed.... if only we knew then what we know now. WhatsTheMatic? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,874 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Was just lookong at the first few pages of this thread. Oh how happy we all were the few days after he signed.... if only we knew then what we know now. iceman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boshman 1,073 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I think you are defending him looking at your name... A sort of, look what he has done video i'm guessing.Let's be honest though. The only reason he was that far up field is because he lost the ball and couldn't be bothered to get his lazy arse back.A few important moments (Barca, Europa League) cannot hide the fact he has been fucking dire his entire Chelsea career. Anyone that attempts to argue that fact is completely deluded. The Mak and Tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherry33 234 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I think you are defending him looking at your name... A sort of, look what he has done video i'm guessing.Let's be honest though. The only reason he was that far up field is because he lost the ball and couldn't be bothered to get his lazy arse back.A few important moments (Barca, Europa League) cannot hide the fact he has been fucking dire his entire Chelsea career. Anyone that attempts to argue that fact is completely deluded.You don't need to be so bitter we all want him to leave but he did score some important goals no matter if you like it or not. Torres was instrumental for us in our Europa League win. Was not worth half of what we paid for him but he did contribute a little to our succes in europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 50m has just been repayed. Ahem Ahem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman 329 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Atletico Madrid Fans Chant For Fernando Torres Before New Signing Mario Mandzukic’s Unveilinggo Fernando, it's best timehttp://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/atletico-madrid-fans-chant-fernando-3917422 stroey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boshman 1,073 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 You don't need to be so bitter we all want him to leave but he did score some important goals no matter if you like it or not. Torres was instrumental for us in our Europa League win. Was not worth half of what we paid for him but he did contribute a little to our succes in europe.I don't mean to sound bitter. Nobody has wanted Nando to come good more than me. I have willed this guy to succeed more than anyone before him. My original post was 'looking through the first few pages of this thread and we were all so happy when he first joined. If only we knew then what we know now' in response to that some guy shows a video of his goal against Barca which yes was an incredible, never to be forgotten moment. But the post seemed to be a defence of him. To say he has been a success. Even his biggest supporter has to admit he has been truly woeful in 70/80% of his time here. There is no way anybody can argue he has done anywhere near what we expected when those posts were made on the first few pages of this thread. Thats all i was trying to say. sherry33 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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