Fernando Torres

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Grow up. The only reason City are paying as much as they are is due to ridiculous transfer fees paid for by Madrid, Barcelona, ourselves, etc. The advent of the £30m player has now given rise to the £50m+ player. Asking £25m+ for average players when we paid £16m for Crespo and £13m for Cech is just the market. City are foolishly spending on their strikeforce (I agree with you there), and I'm sorry but we did essentially buy the Premiership at first - without Abramovich's investment we would have gone bust and without the injection of talent (which we wouldn't have been able to afford had we not got a sugardaddy) no way in hell would we be the force we are today.

We've forged a fantastic team with major financial investment, and doing it sensibly has allowed us to spend less in recent years. City are doing the same thing, albeit in a less structured way. It's just the truth, deal with it.

Oh, and if you think that players such as Essien, Drogba (who repeatedly wanted to move if you remember), Cech, Anelka, Carvalho, A Cole, etc. joined for "love of the club" then you're very much mistaken - they joined to win trophies and for a bumper wage.

£13 million for Cech!?!?!?!?!?! You are having a bubble aren't you? He signed for £3.5 million!

As I said Chelsea signed the right players, City aren't doing that at all. Simple as. You have to spend to win, but when you're spending on the wrong things it's not going to happen.

That is why you cannot compare Chelsea and Citys spending.

[Madmax 9,219]

Oh, and if you think that players such as Essien, Drogba (who repeatedly wanted to move if you remember), Cech, Anelka, Carvalho, A Cole, etc. joined for "love of the club" then you're very much mistaken - they joined to win trophies and for a bumper wage.

Who doesn't want to win trophies? When Blackpool walk out for their first ever Premier league game in a couple of weeks from now, it would be with the dream of winning the darn league come May. Make no mistake. Everyone's in it to win it. Whether you do win or not is another matter. So the whole argument about players being called 'mercenaries' for joining a club to win the biggest prizes the game has to offer is stupid and ignorant. Every supporter of every club wants their team to win something. Does that make everyone a gloryhunter then?

[chrismada9 1,948]

I still don't think Torres will sign!

[Fulham Broadway 17,301]

I still don't think Torres will sign!

''Numerous sources, including radio station Talksport, and Guillem Balague via his Twitter account, have been reporting that Fernando Torres’ move to Chelsea is an almost done deal, stating that he should be a Chelsea player by the end of the day. Adding fuel to the fire a number of bookmakers, including Paddy Power have suspended all betting on Torres joining Chelsea after seeing a huge flurry of betting action yesterday.'' Reuters

Brilliant to rub the scallies noses in it if he comes -does eem a bit injury prone -but we dont want him to go to Citeh ......

[Term-X 7,891]

don't get your hopes up.

although if it was to happen, it would be grandiose.

[chrismada9 1,948]

does eem a bit injury prone

of course he is, that's why I prefer Aguero over Torres, but for some reason Ancelotti doesn't want him.

[zolayes 14,489]

I think we should sign Reina as our back up keeper

[EskWeston 696]

This story is really starting to gather momentum now. Torres is clearly a quality striker, but i have always said that i can't see where we would play him. What it does mean i am sure is a return to playing 2 upfront, which would mean the midfield diamond as neither Torres or Drogba can play out wide and you wouldn't drop either of them. I am not a fan at all of the diamond if we do go that route we are going to need a spectacular player to play behind the forward and make things happen because we will be lacking from wide positions.

[Fulham Broadway 17,301]

Yes would present a few formation headaches -but Drogba and Torres up front would terrify defences -..if they could play together...

I think we should sign Reina as our back up keeper

Brilliant. We do need back up keeper -would like to see David James -Hilario is suspect and Ross Turnbull is hardly cover for the increasingly injury prone Cech

[EskWeston 696]

Yes would present a few formation headaches -but Drogba and Torres up front would terrify defences -..if they could play together...

Trouble is getting the ball to them though with a diamond, always the same problem we pass and pass with little penetration when we play with the midfield diamond. Would love to see Torres and Drogba paired up, but it's what happens behind them that worries me, if we can get it right we would be pretty unstoppable.

[NoFear 23]

We might have to revert to a flat 4-4-2 in that case.. Play with traditional wingers and CMs to support attack and defense.. Problem is Lamps would not be at his usual best in a flat 4-4-2. Also there is a problem of who we would play as RM. We have only 2 options there - Yossi and Kakuta. Neither a traditional RM.

[RX8 40]

Torres set for Chelsea?

Numerous sources, including radio station Talksport, and Guillem Balague via his Twitter account, have been reporting that Fernando Torres' move to Chelsea is an almost done deal, stating that he should be a Chelsea player by the end of the day. Adding fuel to the fire a number of bookmakers, including Paddy Power have suspended all betting on Torres joining Chelsea after seeing a huge flurry of betting action yesterday. It had appeared Manchester City were the favourites to secure the Spanish European Championship and World Cup winner's signature but this latest development has grabbed the attention of Chelsea and Liverpool fans everywhere.

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Hodgson saying on SS that he expects him to stay.

[Steve 10,227]

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[chrismada9 1,948]

well that was short lived