Fernando Torres

[Cosmin 2,484]

In 2005 Milan were the best team in world football. Just hope the Premier League never collapses the way Serie A has, mid-table clubs like United signing Di Maria will help.

Remember the 2003 UCL final:

Or that Inter team that won the UCL in 2010. Serie A really went downhill in the last few years. But I strongly believe that Premier League will never go down that road. This league is way too strong and has fans all over the world.

[Ljpaddock 187]

where can i catch the press conference?

[Term-X 7,891]

Remember the 2003 UCL final:

Or that Inter team that won the UCL in 2010. Serie A really went downhill in the last few years. But I strongly believe that Premier League will never go down that road. This league is way too strong and has fans all over the world.

Hopefully not, the Premier league is also marketed quite well.

^ This was the best side in world football at the time, best team I've seen in my lifetime as a 90's baby.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

can not wait for this to change to Ex Blues. Keep refreshing it every 10 minutes.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Berlusconi had to pay a fine of 500 million euro, that's sure. But that's like the 20% of the Fininvest's hodling. Not a small amount of money, but not even this big, since Berlusconi owns more than 6 billions .

Unfortunately the decline of AC Milan started years ago, when we sold you Shevchenko. They said to us: "His wife wants to go to London, that's why we are selling him!" Actually, they just wanted money.

Then they sold Kakà. Then Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Balotelli etc.

For eight years Berlusconi & Galliani deceived us. If they buy a player, they sell him a year later, cause Berlusconi (and his family) doesn't want to afford salaries and other costs.

This is like the worst transfers session i have ever seen. We sold Balotelli, Robinho (thank god), Kakà and other players and they just bought free players. In two days we have the first match of the Serie A and they still didn't buy a striker or a midfielder.

I'll make you an exemple about how they deceive us:

They say: "if we sell Kakà, we are gonna buy a great player."

They sell kakà and say: "if we sell Matri (they bought him for 12 million and they loan him 6 months after cause he was too fucking bad) we are gonna buy a great player".

They sell Matri and say: "if we sell Robinho we are gonna buy a great player".

They sell Robinho and guess who did they buy? NO ONE.

They also sold Balotelli. And who is his replacement? Fernando fucking Torres? wtf??

I don't ask for big purchases, like Fabregas, Falcao or someone else. Milan fans ask for smart purchases... Galliani just keeps throwing money, overpaying salaries for people like Muntari, Essien, Mexes, Torres, etc.

Do you want to know how much Galliani spent for purchasing player this summer? 4,75 millions of . And he earned 22,50 millions from sales!! Where are the other money??

Sorry for the Off Topic.

I completely agree with you. They did great signing in Lopez and they could make more such signings if they had brain. I will never understand why they buy Matri, Poli, Zapata etc when they could buy top clubs rejects who are still great players like Diego Lopez.

As for money, Berlusconi took all that money from companies and never returned it to them. He kept diginig and diging and those companies still did well because of general profit. Now they are in loss for lot of money every year and instead of investing in club, Berlusconi is taking money away to firms and cover the loss. Sure he wont take money out of his pocket, even if he has it, he is too greedy to do that.

I believe milan because of berlusconi is still in huge debt and this milan will remain average for quite some time...

But you dont need tons of money, just brain. And Silvio, Galiani or rest of board seems to not have it.

Even buy of Baloteli is stupid, considering they sold him for 10m less and he did shit all at milan.

Heard they also want to sell Sciglio for another winger, cant understand how are you prepared to sell your best youth player atm, when they could sell him in few years for much more.

[mediator 2,026]

Gianluca Di Marzio ‏@DiMarzio 1 min

Milan, Berlusconi è arrivato a Milanello http://fb.me/1LCPN1xAS

Berlu just arrived in Milano

[Billy. 2,742]

he has took 'Chelsea fc Player' off his twitter bio according to twitter

[Ze Mario 638]

Fernando Torres, Chelseas number nine!

He hasnt always been a number nine, though, as he first started playing football trying to keep out strikers such as himself. He discovered that his talent wasn't to prevent goals, but to score them instead and was scouted into Atletico Madrids youth set-up when he was just 11 years old.

Four years later, his progression in the youth team saw him warrant a professional contract with the club. After a few hindrances due to injury, Fernando deputised for Atlético two years later, in 2001. The following week saw him score his first professional goal for the club.

Torres development continued as he started to further improve his goals-game ratio, and was awarded with the captaincy at the tender age of 19 as result of his hard work and commitment. Torres and his team-mates made it to the Intertoto Cup final, following their seventh place finish in the 2003-04 season, allowing Torres to showcase his talents to wider, European audience. Chelsea were said to be interested in this young prospect but Atlético soon eradicated any chances of Torres departure, claiming there would be no chance that he would be leaving the club. Torres himself publicly announced that hed refused an offer to sign for Chelsea after the 2006 World Cup, though it didn't take him too long to decide a Premier League was for the better, and sacrificed playing in sunny Spain to miserable Merseyside.

A rumoured £25m was the amount Liverpool forked out for El Niño, which turned out to be quite the astute investment. Torres didnt take long to find his feet on Merseyside, scoring on his Anfield debut against none other than guess who - yes, Chelsea! in a 1-1 draw. He soon won the Kopites over and was a fan-favourite in no time. He made 102 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 65 goals in that time, which is rather impressive - that impressive that Roman Abramovich could no longer witness Torres in the red of Liverpool and was persistent in acquiring the Spaniard - of which Liverpool finally succumbed to a £50m offer, making Fernando Torres the most expensive British transfer and simultaneously the sixth most expensive player in history.

El Niño arrived at the Bridge as one of, if not the most-wanted striker in world football. His eye-catching form and goal-scoring record for Liverpool made everyone stand up and take note. Abramovich wanted the World Cup-winner within the Chelsea ranks, and did his all to acquire the baby-faced assassin. The problem with such a hefty price-tag, though, is that extortionately high expectations come alongside it. All us Blues were hoping for Torres to set the world alight, but in fact, he dipped in form and we witnessed Fernando go through a media-hyped goal drought. 903 minutes since his last goal, Torres finally scored for Chelsea in a 3-0 win over the Hammers. Blues fans worldwide were hoping this would provide the confidence boost that Torres would need to kick-start his Chelsea career.

Again, it wasn't to be and the Chelsea fans' patience may have started to run a little thin. However, with the new season came renewed hope, and this was showcased by Fernando. He seemed like a summer signing wanting to make an impression, not a January acquisition that had been at the club for several months now... He was looking fresh, fit and fierce and managed to bag his second goal for the club against Manchester United on September 18th.

As the media will make you fully aware, the Spaniard then suffered another prolonged period without a goal - a period stretching 24 games. His next goal was to come in March 2012, in an F.A. Cup tie against Leicester City. As I'm sure we're all aware, statistics and figures may be impressive on a résumé, but ultimately they're useless. Although Torres had been subject to another barren spell of goalscoring form, everyone watching Chelsea were able to witness Fernando continue to grow and embed himself within the club. Now he's started to find his fifty-million-pound feet, we're all hoping he can add many goals to his account and return Chelsea to where they want to be... top of the Premier League!

Hed rather walk alone he saidTorres, Torres!

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Since this post, The era of the only player whose thread page past 700, will come to an end. Legend!!

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

he has took 'Chelsea fc Player' off his twitter bio according to twitter

Was never on there

[mediator 2,026]

where can i catch the press conference?

Here http://www.chelseafc.com/videos/epg.html

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Drama when he was arriving, drama when he was playing here, drama when he is leaving. Finaly it will be over soon.

[sherry33 234]

This conference is making me horny, imagine Mou saying he will leave.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Very sketchy Jose on this transfer. Just said if he leaves he leaves he hasn't spoken to him and if he wants to go then fine and enjoy the new country and be happy.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Jose not denying anything in the PC... Looks like it really will go through.

[Sovieticus 743]

Very sketchy Jose on this transfer. Just said if he leaves he leaves he hasn't spoken to him and if he wants to go then fine and enjoy the new country and be happy.

Seems like he is leaving then.

[sherry33 234]

Market closed, really Mou?

[Special Juan 27,424]

Yes very much so I get the impression he is going. Jose is an open book and I believe we will buy and replace him.

[Toli 977]

Market closed, really Mou?

he said he wants to have 3 strikers. if torres leaves, means we only have 2. either we will get one of the academy or buy one.