Fernando Torres

[rantdeville 195]

Form is temporary, class is permanent.

His form lasted between 2006-09. The rest was his class.

[Myself 793]

His form lasted between 2006-09. The rest was his class.

No, it was his hair

[The Chels 2,502]

If you look at 'Torres v. ....' highlight videos you can tell that even in his peak he really wasn't a great all-round striker. He was just a very good finisher and once he lost that, he lost everything.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Hello there.

I'm a Milan fan (I'm Italian, sorry for my bad english) and I always liked Chelsea.

I just wanted you to know that the 98% of Milan fans are against the purchase of Torres. We are not crazy, stupid or insane. But our CEO Adriano Galliani is.

He doesn't know anything about football, he just cares about two thing: big names and free. Torres, Kakà, Ronaldinho, Shevchenko in 2008, etc.

When Berlusconi gave him a lot of money, he bought the best player (not always) and we won a lot. But, ffs, with a lot of money i can buy the best players too.

Now he has like 0 € for transfers. And that's for two reason: he overpayed in the past years every kind of bad player, with ridicolous salaries; the second reason is: Berlusconi.

Berlusconi doesn't care anymore about Milan; maybe he never cared about it, he was just interested in his business: having a big and winning club was really important for him to win elections here in Italy.

So, I said 98% is against Torres. 2% are Berlusconi's voters.

Anyway, good luck for the season. Hope to see you win.

Whats the feeling in Milan? This deal happening?

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

AC Milan have set a deadline on Saturday midnight for the final answer from both Torres (permanent) and van Ginkel (loan). (via @DiMarzio)

Seen earlier that there is a meeting tomorrow between Torres agent and Chelsea to finalise his severance. I'd expect it to be decided one way or another on Friday. His agent gave a massive hint when interviewed leaving his meeting with Galliani saying "everything went well."

I reckon what could happen is Torres leaves and we agree a deal for a new striker on the same day. Not that crazy to think we haven't signed the deal off until a replacement is more or less sorted

[mannyfreshh 164]

So if nando really does leave (fingers crossed) we will be buying this Italian guy Matthias whatever his name is?????

[The Chels 2,502]

So if nando really does leave (fingers crossed) we will be buying this Italian guy Matthias whatever his name is?????

Mattia Destro. Roma's president today said he's not for sale - see: www.metro.co.uk/2014/08/28/chelsea-warned-off-mattia-destro-after-roma-president-says-hes-100-per-cent-not-for-sale-4849555/.

Given that they bought him for £16m, don't have a replacement ready and don't need the money after selling Benatia it'll be interesting to see if we do actually manage to get him and how much we'll have to pay.

[didierforever 7,349]

Form is temporary, (torres' third) class is permanent.

[Clevemayer 764]

despite the loss of The Kraken this is pretty much a perfect summer window... if this goes through...

[quickpassnmove 924]

well fellas, it's down to Chelsea satisfying the severance pay of Torres.

http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/28-08-2014/milan-torres-ora-verdetto-chelsea-incontra-agenti-90285137825.shtml

[Cosmin 2,484]

WTF?!

Chelsea are on the verge of giving permission for striker Fernando Torres, 30, to join Italian Serie A side Inter Milan. (Times - subscription only)

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

WTF?!

Chelsea are on the verge of giving permission for striker Fernando Torres, 30, to join Italian Serie A side Inter Milan. (Times - subscription only)

Ultimate troll

[Adriano Failliani 28]

Whats the feeling in Milan? This deal happening?

Yeah, this is gonna happen for sure, that's the feeling.

We have only Pazzini (omg...) as striker, we need another one.

And Torres is the only "free" player with a big name on the market. The only problem is that we'll give him €3,5 millions for two years, so it looks like Chelsea has to give him money to leave.

Moreovere, today Berlusconi is coming to Milanello (the place where the team trains, etc).... As I said, Berlusconi never see the team or matches, so if he comes maybe it's because he wants to announce the purchase of Torres (yeah, wow...).

I would like to ask you this: is Torres really this bad?

[stroey 2,525]

Yeah, this is gonna happen for sure, that's the feeling.

We have only Pazzini (omg...) as striker, we need another one.

And Torres is the only "free" player with a big name on the market. The only problem is that we'll give him €3,5 millions for two years, so it looks like Chelsea has to give him money to leave.

Moreovere, today Berlusconi is coming to Milanello (the place where the team trains, etc).... As I said, Berlusconi never see the team or matches, so if he comes maybe it's because he wants to announce the purchase of Torres (yeah, wow...).

I would like to ask you this: is Torres really this bad?

http://youtu.be/pobbwioAIO8

No, once he was the best striker of the world. If he could regain 40-50% of this form, he would be a deadly striker for you guys. He just lost his confidence at Chelsea over the years, a change of environment and a new start could help him out for sure.

[pWneR 230]

I would like to ask you this: is Torres really this bad?

You have no idea.

[Clevemayer 764]

Yeah, this is gonna happen for sure, that's the feeling.

We have only Pazzini (omg...) as striker, we need another one.

And Torres is the only "free" player with a big name on the market. The only problem is that we'll give him €3,5 millions for two years, so it looks like Chelsea has to give him money to leave.

Moreovere, today Berlusconi is coming to Milanello (the place where the team trains, etc).... As I said, Berlusconi never see the team or matches, so if he comes maybe it's because he wants to announce the purchase of Torres (yeah, wow...).

I would like to ask you this: is Torres really this bad?

no no, he isn't that bad.. he is even worse...

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

I would like to ask you this: is Torres really this bad?

Hahahahahahahahaha.....yes.

[Adriano Failliani 28]

So if nando really does leave (fingers crossed) we will be buying this Italian guy Matthias whatever his name is?????

Mattia Destro is not so strong, guys... I mean, with a good team like yours he can do nice things, but he is just like every italian strikers of this era... Like Gilardino, Borriello, Pazzini, Matri... They just can't dribble opponents, shoot from distance, etc. If you see some videos of Destro in season 13/14, u'll see that he just scores after opponent's mistake or on good plays by his team.

Anyway, he's better than Torres ofc.