Peter from Sportige.com says that Torres leaving is almost impossible due to financial reasons:
The main reason for Chelsea looking to offload Fernando Torres are his wages, but that also makes him almost impossible to move. Recent rumors linking the Spanish striker to Valencia might make sense from a footballing standpoint, but financially this deal just doesn’t make sense.
Valencia aren’t selling their best striker, Roberto Soldado, because of some immense pressure and a growing desire on his side to leave. They’re in huge debt, some saying as much as €400 million, forcing them to once again give up on one of their best players, like they have over the last four seasons with David Silva, David Villa, Juan Mata and now, probably Roberto Soldado to Tottenham for €30 million.
How does Fernando Torres fit into all of this? He doesn’t, really. But when looking for potential replacements, Torres will always be linked with some move back to Spain, and he’s obviously someone Chelsea are willing to let go of his services for the right offer.
While a transfer fee is the less important issue here, his wages take center stage. Torres makes £9.3 million a season, which sorta made sense when he was signed from Liverpool for £50 million, but becomes one huge waste of money when he goes on 20-match scoring droughts once or twice each season.
And while that kind of salary is a burden, Chelsea can afford it. Valencia? Obviously not, and Chelsea are going to look for some sort of compensation; they aren’t planning on letting Torres go for free, despite his very poor scoring record.
At the moment, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Torres as the third striker in Chelsea’s rotation, although it’s too soon to distinguish starters from bench players just yet. Chelsea might even bring in another forward (Wayne Rooney), although at least for now, things are quiet on that front.
Torres will never find the confidence he needs to be a consistently good striker once again while he’s at Chelsea. Even if the problem with him isn’t physical (and match after match you can see that his athleticism, speed and movement just aren’t at the same level they used to be earlier on in his career), staying on a club with so many disappointments, mostly individual, attached to him, seems like too much of a burden to bear.
Chelsea hit & miss almost three years ago on Torres, massively. All of their success on the European stage that followed has something to do with him, but not by that much; not with something that justifies the price they paid for him. While they would love to find a way to get rid of his sulking figure and horrible salary, it seems like they are going to have to wait until his contract runs out in 2016.
Valencia? They have huge problems threatening the existence of the club, and go well beyond the identity of their next striker. Whoever it may be, Fernando Torres simply can’t be it, because Valencia, and almost every other club in the world, can’t afford to have him.
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Torres will never be the third striking option in Chelsea,cos he is by far better than that. Torres is even better than Rooney in some areas by far.
Torres is one of the best strikers in the world who can take-on defenders and score goals.
He’s still the best in Chelsea. If we sign Rooney,Ba should leave. Because he has nothing to offer,since we have Lukaku.
Dont be a dickhead
Your really white trash aren’t you. You deserve each other. You’ll never handle it.
Torres is shit. Everyone will agree. And if you ask any Chelsea fan whether they would think that Torres plus 5 million for rooney is a good deal, they will tell you that it should be Torres plus 10 million or more for rooney. Because simply put, Torres is disliked by majority of the Bridge faithful.
true that
but he ain’t shit
Are you high on some cheap drugs? Coz dat has to be 1 of d stupidest tins I’ve heard in awhile. With a price tag of 50m, you don’t aplauses for decent efforts or managin 1 league in 2013, you get dat wen u show the reason why u make and cost so much, coz wen chelsea bought torres for 50m he was wort it, but now 20m would be playin to much.
Its only his high fee and wages that go against him. Otherwise he has had a decent career so far at CFC. And we were the ones who paid that much. So we are to blame.
Right. But, as you say, he had a DECENT career. Nothing more.
Vaibhav Kumble, you are right
Torres is the best.stop tarnishing his name.
You clueless Torres fan boys should fuck off and support City , you are a fucking embarrassment to my Club ive supported for 30 years.
@Gary that’s a little harsh. lot of chelsea fans blindly support mikel and i can’t comprehend that. doesn’t mean i condemn them being chelsea fans. we chelsea fans should be united. not blame game amongst ourselves.
Bollocks. We dont want plastics at our club sorry.
Good point. I hadn’t thuohgt about it quite that way. 🙂
Er…ONE league goal in 2013, he is shit and we are saddled with a shit overpaid passenger as long as he is on the wage bill. End of.
ONE LEAGUE GOAL in 2013 is not a great return for 200 THOUSAND A WEEK!
Absolutely agree with you watson. It doesn’t matter his wages, when you see how he plays, even if he earns 2 thousand a week, thats too much. He definitely doesn’t deserve more pay than the backroom staff at the Bridge
Watson u are right man, for me i think we need Drorgba back he always used to make us the fans smile in the right time.
Cheers! They should stick him in the reserves until his contract runs down. Lukaku will be first choice this season so maybe they can share Torres’s wages with him.
Pls leave with all d money u r being paid u can’t repay us back with a decent performance..he wud only cause selection headache and limit romelu lukaku’s chances in d squad this season
Some fans are just clueless. Trust me,I’ve come across people who blatantly say stuff but when confronted by people (like me) who appose what they say,their mouths and so-called brilliant thinking shut or choke.
You may be a Chelsea supporter for 30 years now but that means absolutely wack if you cannot back up the stuff you spit around. I have never seen Chelsea play at Stamford Bridge,at any away game or anywhere on tours but I know and love the beautiful game. For me it isn’t about just 11 players on the pitch for my favourite team and expecting especially just the striker to score all the goals. I won’t drag this out like I use to. If you know Chelsea,you’d know the team isn’t set up for the striker. We are one of a few clubs who have scorers anywhere in the outfield. Not even Barca,the so-called best team in the world,are set up as Chelsea are.
Seriously kid, stop talking shit when you’ve never even been to the Bridge. Show some fucking respect, i was born 10 minutes from the ground and was a season ticket holder for 15 years. Little dickheads like you should just watch tennis because you know fuck all about football and my club.
Wack? Are you American? Lol
Wow ! First off Mr. Watson who are you? Chelsea is not your team it belongs to Roman and the team is loved by supporters all over the world. It’s idiots like you who claim to know so much but people like you are simply tools! You focus on goal droughts yet do not see and appreciate how Torres has adapted his game. He is far more versatile then ever at Liverpool. While he may not be as fast he is stronger and more mature. When he scored the goal against barca to put Chelsea secured in the champions final and when he won the corner that drogba scored to tie the game he helped Chelsea to a championship that payed over 40mil pounds. Torres paid back more then 2/3 of his transfer! When he ruled the Europa tournament against some very good defenses and won the championship with going one on one with a defender knocking him to the ground schooling the goalie to score in the final he won Chelsea another 30 mil pounds. He has contributed greatly to some of the biggest moments for Chelsea and more than payed back his fee. You know nothing about Torres and I promise you at the end of this season you will be sucking his knob cuz your a bandwagon bitch who couldn’t hold Torres’s jock strap he scores when he wants and Jose knows he is the best option. I promise you tool Torres will be one of the top scorers and you will still be a piece of garbage who knows nothing about the game.
Seriously, fuck off you silly little clueless plastic Torres fan boy, you are all thats wrong about the idiots jumping on the Chelsea bandwagon after Roman bought our club. Dickhead.
The fuck? Hahahahaha
Torres is fuckinggggg crappp
someone with “ft9” in his name, without Torres’ goal against Barcelona, Chelsea would have still gone trough to the final. Do you really think “won a corner” was an amazing thing lolololol, i think Chelsea fans don’t mention Kalou for giving an assist for Drogba against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge..
And those money Chelsea got from tournaments came from all the players, manager, and staffs, not only from your blonde shite. Torres hasn’t even paid 1/10000 what Chelsea have spent for that piece of shite.
yeah i really sure he scores when he wants lololololololol
Chelsea should end the contract and pay him compensation, then sign him back as toilet man
This is the first time i come back to visit this site, and Torres’ fan girls are still annoying hahaha
Hahaha! Just read the crap Robbie ft9 is writing, i bet he has a Torres dildo up his arse
Love your post gutter trash. First and foremost give the man some respect he scored 22 goals for the club last year and bitches like you wanna cry that he is shit. First off gutter bitch you don’t know shit about anything. What are you a blog troll to talk shit about a player who’s left nut Is worth more then your rotten carcass? Bitches like you cant be Chelsea fans cuz you don’t know shit about loyalty to the players that represent the colors.
You troll and talk bad about a Chelsea player cuz you got nothing worth your life ughhh? There isn’t a fan at the bridge who doesn’t go crazy when Torres scores. Bitches like you don’t appreciate what he does on the pitch. And by the way you fucking gutter fuck I am not blind to think Torres can’t do better I know he can and will do better. He has impressed the national team and he has impressed Jose with his attitude and effort he will score goals for Chelsea.
And finally wow! Talking to gutter blog trolls is so fucking exhausting and really a waste of my actual valued time but hey it’s fun getting fucks like you all worked up when you don’t get paid a fucking dime cuz no way would someone actuellu pay you for your shit opinion. And I will leave you with this troll trash. I could site numerous games where Torres has made the difference even when he did not score but fucks like you won’t care and won’t support him like a true fan would. And if you are not a Chelsea fan I could really not give a fuck cuz deep down you know that there are not many strikers that equal Torres. Just as Jose said when the team actually starts playing to Torres he will score. Either way love mind fucking you donkey.
MWHAHAHAHAAA! Go and jerk off over Fernando’s face you silly plastic girl. I’m mind fucking your Mother in the arse! Clueless cunt, we are all laughing at you.
Ft9, typical fanboy plastic. The club is bigger than any player you mug! 8 league goals all season! 8!!!!!!! 8!!!!!! Open your eyes and stop being a ball licking dickhead.
She’s gonna mind fuck you Kyle! oooooh! haha! Plastic cock suckers like Ft9 are an embarrassment to our club mate.
If i were the Admin on this site i would ban them
Look at some of these nobs. It’s Romans club he owns it! No you nonce it’s OUR CLUB! The supporters! The ST holders, the die hards at every match home and away! Those of us overseas who still make at least 4-5 trips a season! Roman may own the team but WE were here before him and WE will be there long after! You clueless cunts really get on my tits! You’re the same twats that flooded TFSW with praise for nothing but mediocre managing! I was there when we were shit!!! Piss off you fake pricks!
Lol what’s so awesome about my little sample test is wanted to see if this was a Torres hater group or not. Guess my words worked. Thing is I am not a Torres fan just some sport guy who likes to see people’s raw emotional responses. I am a Chelsea fan though for two years now so yes I am not an authority on the team. And don’t take the comments personal just getting a rise. But I really am surprised about you guys not backing Torres. He is a blue after all. Anyway rest in peace fellas this was entertaining to say the least but seriously no way lukaku will Lead the line cheers
You’re full of shit sport guy. 2 years? hahahaha! Clown.
Ft9 is now Anonymous9 MWHAHAHA!!
Child grown ups. I bet you are the small group in the stadium who start booing for crap while others watch football for what it is. Being a supporter for 30 years and been a season ticket holder for 15? How old are you now? 40? 50? Grow a football brain. I’m only bloody 24 and I seem to know more about the game than you do.
Because you know me personally right? Fuck off gobshite. Plastic Dickheads like you are an embarrassment to our club.
If you’re looking to buy these arlitces make it way easier.
Hahaha
25 million for the goal in the Europa League and the remaining 25 million for a fantastic goal in the Champions League semi finals.He was at once the most feared striker in Europe in fact worldwide but it just seems that the colour blue might just not be his color. I am a big Nando fan but the question is whether he will regain that old fierce form of his or not? I will always have faith in him and will always want to see him play for Chelsea .Selling him might be a good move and get a replacement as we all can see we are lacking strikers up front.Any club that buys him will be very lucky to get a good player but he will need a little time and this time it is really little.