My Fernando Torres

When it comes to underperforming forwards, Chelsea are pretty much world experts. Since 2011 they have signed Fernando Torres, Alvaro Morata, Romelu Lukaku, Gonzalo Higuain, Alexandre Pato, Radamel Falcao, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, none of which have been value for money.

It’s a list that makes Blues fans laugh at the poorness of each player, though Havertz still has a chance to overcome his below par Chelsea career – Pulisic and Ziyech fall short of having scored a Champions League winning goal and are not winning over the fanbase. Although not all of the failed attackers were bemoaned in their time at Stamford Bridge – Torres became a cult hero figure and Werner was praised despite his weaknesses as a Premier League player – the overarching theme of money not well spent is evident. It’s not been for the want of trying. Chelsea have spent over £300million on attackers to try to make it work and the best they got was arguably Tammy Abraham or Olivier Giroud.  Continue reading LIVERPOOL TOLD TO LEARN TIMO WERNERESSON AT CHELSEA WITH NUNEZ WARNING

When it comes to underperforming forwards, Chelsea are pretty much world experts. Since 2011 they have signed Fernando Torres, Alvaro Morata, Romelu Lukaku, Gonzalo Higuain, Alexandre Pato, Radamel Falcao, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, none of which have been value for money.

It’s a list that makes Blues fans laugh at the poorness of each player, though Havertz still has a chance to overcome his below par Chelsea career – Pulisic and Ziyech fall short of having scored a Champions League winning goal and are not winning over the fanbase. Although not all of the failed attackers were bemoaned in their time at Stamford Bridge – Torres became a cult hero figure and Werner was praised despite his weaknesses as a Premier League player – the overarching theme of money not well spent is evident. It’s not been for the want of trying. Chelsea have spent over £300million on attackers to try to make it work and the best they got was arguably Tammy Abraham or Olivier Giroud.  Continue reading LIVERPOOL TOLD TO LEARN TIMO WERNERESSON AT CHELSEA WITH NUNEZ WARNING

New Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been likened to Fernando Torres after he made a positive impact on his Premier League debut. Ex-Liverpool coach Phil Thompson was so impressed with his debut that he had to liken him to Fernando Torres.

Thompson talked about Torres and Nunez on the Off The Ball show. He compared the new Liverpool signing to Fernando Torres after he came off the bench to score and provide an assist during the 2-2 draw with Fulham in the league. It was the first game of the season for Liverpool in the Premier League this season. Continue reading NUNEZ LIKENED TO TORRES AFTER DEBUT

New Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been likened to Fernando Torres after he made a positive impact on his Premier League debut. Ex-Liverpool coach Phil Thompson was so impressed with his debut that he had to liken him to Fernando Torres.

Thompson talked about Torres and Nunez on the Off The Ball show. He compared the new Liverpool signing to Fernando Torres after he came off the bench to score and provide an assist during the 2-2 draw with Fulham in the league. It was the first game of the season for Liverpool in the Premier League this season. Continue reading NUNEZ LIKENED TO TORRES AFTER DEBUT

Benfica striker Darwin Nunez has a lot of work to do when his Liverpool transfer is confirmed officially in the coming days.

The 22-year-old is expected to be the first summer signing at Liverpool after the club agreed a deal to sign him from his Portuguese team. Nunez caught the eye when he scored against Liverpool in each of the two legs in the Champions League quarterfinals. The Uruguayan international found the back of the net with the lone Benfica goal during the 3-1 loss at home to Liverpool in the first leg, before scoring one of the Benfica goals in the 3-3 draw away to Liverpool in the second leg with the Reds moving into the semifinals via a 6-4 aggregate win. Continue reading CAN NUNEZ EMULATE TORRES, SUAREZ

Benfica striker Darwin Nunez has a lot of work to do when his Liverpool transfer is confirmed officially in the coming days.

The 22-year-old is expected to be the first summer signing at Liverpool after the club agreed a deal to sign him from his Portuguese team. Nunez caught the eye when he scored against Liverpool in each of the two legs in the Champions League quarterfinals. The Uruguayan international found the back of the net with the lone Benfica goal during the 3-1 loss at home to Liverpool in the first leg, before scoring one of the Benfica goals in the 3-3 draw away to Liverpool in the second leg with the Reds moving into the semifinals via a 6-4 aggregate win. Continue reading CAN NUNEZ EMULATE TORRES, SUAREZ

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has drawn comparison with Fernando Torres from his manager, Steven Gerrard on the back of his recent good form in the Premier League.

Villa manager Gerrard knows all about Fernando Torres whom he played with at Liverpool over the course of three-and-a-half years. Gerrard spent all his professional at Liverpool and was able to achieve legendary status at the club, while Torres joined him at the club in the summer of 2008 following his transfer from Atletico Madrid in his native Spain before his controversial move to Premier League rivals Chelsea in January 2011. Continue reading WATKINS DRAWS TORRES COMPARISON FROM GERRARD

Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has drawn comparison with Fernando Torres from his manager, Steven Gerrard on the back of his recent good form in the Premier League.

Villa manager Gerrard knows all about Fernando Torres whom he played with at Liverpool over the course of three-and-a-half years. Gerrard spent all his professional at Liverpool and was able to achieve legendary status at the club, while Torres joined him at the club in the summer of 2008 following his transfer from Atletico Madrid in his native Spain before his controversial move to Premier League rivals Chelsea in January 2011. Continue reading WATKINS DRAWS TORRES COMPARISON FROM GERRARD

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has revealed the two reasons he usually pick Luis Suarez ahead of Fernando Torres when confronted with the better striker question. In a chat with Sky Sports last month, the Liverpool legend gave his reasons for going with Suarez rather than Torres as he pointed out that he has been asked the same question on several occasions.

For his first reason, Gerrard said Luis Suarez was at the top of his game for a longer time than Fernando Torres before he added his second reason which is because the Uruguayan left Liverpool for a foreign club unlike Spanish player Torres who left Liverpool to join rivals Chelsea in a £50m deal, a record transfer for the West London giants.

A lot of Liverpool fans including Villa boss Gerrard were disappointed with Torres when he moved to Chelsea in January 2011 after spending three-and-a-half years at Anfield. He moved to Chelsea during the time that the Blues were huge rivals of Liverpool dating back to 2004 when Jose Mourinho was the Chelsea manager and Rafael Benitez was the Liverpool manager. On his part, Suarez also spent three-and-a-half years at Anfield before he left the Reds to join Spanish giants Barcelona in a £75m deal in the summer of 2014. Suarez was a Barcelona player until the start of last season when he was forced out by Dutchman Ronald Koeman. He scored 195 Barcelona goals before signing for Atletico Madrid in the same Spanish La Liga. The Uruguayan football legend would go on to win the league title in his first season at Atletico Madrid.

In total, Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez scored 190 goals between them for Liverpool. Suarez turned out to be the direct replacement for Torres at Anfield having moved to the club from Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam.

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has revealed the two reasons he usually pick Luis Suarez ahead of Fernando Torres when confronted with the better striker question. In a chat with Sky Sports last month, the Liverpool legend gave his reasons for going with Suarez rather than Torres as he pointed out that he has been asked the same question on several occasions.

For his first reason, Gerrard said Luis Suarez was at the top of his game for a longer time than Fernando Torres before he added his second reason which is because the Uruguayan left Liverpool for a foreign club unlike Spanish player Torres who left Liverpool to join rivals Chelsea in a £50m deal, a record transfer for the West London giants.

A lot of Liverpool fans including Villa boss Gerrard were disappointed with Torres when he moved to Chelsea in January 2011 after spending three-and-a-half years at Anfield. He moved to Chelsea during the time that the Blues were huge rivals of Liverpool dating back to 2004 when Jose Mourinho was the Chelsea manager and Rafael Benitez was the Liverpool manager. On his part, Suarez also spent three-and-a-half years at Anfield before he left the Reds to join Spanish giants Barcelona in a £75m deal in the summer of 2014. Suarez was a Barcelona player until the start of last season when he was forced out by Dutchman Ronald Koeman. He scored 195 Barcelona goals before signing for Atletico Madrid in the same Spanish La Liga. The Uruguayan football legend would go on to win the league title in his first season at Atletico Madrid.

In total, Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez scored 190 goals between them for Liverpool. Suarez turned out to be the direct replacement for Torres at Anfield having moved to the club from Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam.