This morning saw the news that many Liverpool fans have been concerned about ever since Torres's first prolific season in the Premier League. His stock has fallen slightly over the last two but they were also ravaged by injury and a very poor World Cup although his team won.Since the arrival of FSG (NESV) we have heard of their love of all things Arsenal and we all know the basis of Arsene Wengers approach is to run the club as a business, don't spend to much and if you have to sell, sell big and at the right time.
Is this the right time to sell Fernando Torres ? For me the answer is no. We are a club short on confidence and as Kenny has said dozens of times in the past few weeks it is a time for this club to stick together. The sale of Torres to a club struggling just like Liverpool especially during the middle of the season could have a huge detrimental affect on all parties. He is the tip of our attacking arrow, and despite his poor form in recent months, much of it down to the serious lack of support he was receiving, he is beginning to look like the player we all fell in love with.
If FSG are here to get LFC back to the top then selling one of our best players to one of our major rivals will not exactly endear themselves to the Anfield faithful. Not only that Torres replica shirts outsell every other player in the world so from a marketing perspective it makes even less sense to sell him now without a big name player(s) to replace him. With the hopefully imminent arrival of Suarez lets hope this isn't another case of being another what might have been season. How different would LFC's season been had Kenny been installed as manager from the start. The £10 million spent on Konchesky and Poulson plus the £9 or so million spent to pay off Fulham for Roy and his staff and the further £3.5+ million spent on paying him off with his P45 all of which could have been spent on players at the start of the season to fill the gapping holes that are still present in the team with only a few days left in this transfer window.
If reports are to be believed and FT's head has been turned by Chelsea, whom he single handedly destroyed during his period of poor form, we must play hardball. If he wants to go, let him but we must get what we deserve and the players to replace him before he is sold. Having £50 million + to spend is a bad position to be in when we are trying to buy players at a decent price ourselves.
This has been one of the most testing seasons for Liverpool FC and for Fernando Torres in years but the supporters have stood with them, defending them both in the face of a biased media that would prefer LFC to just go away. We wont, and we never will. We are an entity one much greater than the sum of its parts, and one bigger than any player even Torres or Gerrard. Players have come and gone, thats football, the one positive thing a Liverpool supporter can take away from a player of Torres's kwality leaving Anfield is that the money we receive will not be going to service debt, it will be going to a man who has spent over a year travelling around England and Europe scouting the worlds top talents and we all know he has an eye for a player that up to LFC standard, something the previous manager certainly didn't.
Our style of play has improved dramatically under Kenny and Clarke, indeed the 31 pass goal against Wolves would be something Barcelona themselves would be proud of, it would seem we are finally on a train heading in the right direction, its up to Fernando Torres to say if he wants to stay on it or not. Whatever his decision is, it must be respected, thats who we are, that doesn't mean we have to like it..
Another side to this whole sorry story is that it could simply be an ultimatum and one that we have heard before from the Spanish Armada at LFC to ensure the owners put their hands in their pockets and buy players of the caliber Liverpool desperately needs, and the fans desire, if it isn't and its all about the money and a London address then he can take his dodgy knees and groin wherever the hell he wants ! ! !
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