Yeha I saw when I looked closer

The great thing about Fernando Torres is not buying him for 50 mil, it's pretending he's still playing good despite not scoring in two months.

To be honest, I'm laughing at Torres and the failure as well, but there was an article in the news this morning which I found funny regarding other strikers that were bought for large sums of money (or at least large at the time of their transfer) who failed to score for a long time.

Henry, Bergkamp, Forlan and plenty more were on the list of not having scored after 9 games. I wouldn't be surprised if he came good in the future like many of the players on the list. Just it's a bit comedic at the moment that they paid such a huge sum, are defending his shit play and are getting nothing in return :P

They bought a defender for less who has scored three times already, fernandofail

The thing is, Torres is in poor form since before the World Cup. He did seem to regain a bit of his old magic with Dalglish being appointed but that all seems to have washed away by now.

50 mil for a striker that's been terrible for almost a full year is ridiculous. The dudes over at Liverpool must have laughed their tits off, they got two quality players for a bad one.

Also, it's not just his scoreless run, if you'd seen Rooney in the first half of the season, he didn't score shit but was still a helpful presence in the team, creating space, linking up with midfield. Torres looks like all he wants is to get off the pitch as soon as possible.

I just don't understand the logic here. Why not make a bid for Cavani, Di Natale, Sanchez, Suarez, Rossi. There are a number of in-form forwards and strikers available for that kind of money, why pick one that is in such a terrible shape for so long? Ancelotti must have killed a hooker over this, now he's stuck with him, he can't bench him coz he was so expensive, and playing him is like playing with 10 guys from the start.

Torres has already proved he can succeed at the highest level, whereas the others you listed have not, making such a investment less risky.

Also at Chelsea the manager doesn't decide who gets bought (unless he is called Mourinho) its Abramovich, and he doesn't have any logic at all obviously.

Don't get me wrong, i know the potential to be one of the best is still in that guy - 27 years old is around where strikers should reach their peak, so there's time for him yet.

Still though, Abramovich must be insane. Pretty much everyone would rather grab someone who maybe wasn't yet tested at the very highest level, but IS in good form in a reasonably strong and competetive league.

To be honest, considering the lenght of Torres' poor run of form, i wouldn't say getting someone from my list would be more risky.

The one thing i'm really wondering about though, is exactly why is he being so shitty? It must be more than post-Benitez and post-Hodgson trauma, he looks physically and mentally unfit to play.

Henry, Bergkamp and Forlan came from leagues with completely different playstyles, they had to adapt to the Premier League which unfortunately Forlan never quite could, but everyone knows he went on to be unbelievably good for Villareal and now At. Madrid.

Torres has been playing in the PL since 2007, that completely changes the expectation level even if you ignore the absurd 50 million fee. He's an absolute shadow of the player he was prior to the world cup, the only good game he's had since last season was in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Chelsea at Anfield.

Torres is another Shevchenko and Liverpool are extremely fortunate they could get so much money for a player that has been in such an obvious and massive decline for close to a year now.

Yep Liverpool must have been shitting themselves laughing when they got that offer. Must have struggled to put a poker face on and look disappointed to lose him for some better transfers.

The thing about Arsenal Chelsea is: they always try to walk it in.

That strike-through is really unnecessary, use "and" instead.