Liverpool’s lack of goal this season has sparked media to speculate whether the Reds need a striker in the January transfer window. Daily Mail has published a report yesterday, where they claimed Liverpool are ‘seriously considering a January move for Fernando Torres‘.
Torres, is currently on a two-year-loan deal with AC Milan from Chelsea, but it is widely reported that the Serie A giants want to end the deal early, due to his lack of goal scoring form, netting just once in 10 matches.
Chelsea might even consider bringing him back to London, given the injury worries of Diego Costa, but such options seem highly unlikely.
Furthermore, the report claims that Liverpool are plotting to sign him in January, with a view to make the move permanent. Mario Balotelli has mis-fired since his summer move from AC Milan, and he could be shipped off to Italy and in place Torres could be re-signed.
Should that happen, though highly unlikely, it would represent another worst piece of business from Liverpool. No way the Reds should entertain such thoughts, forget about considering it, for mainly two reasons.
Torres is a great player, or was, who still retains the cult figure status at Anfield, despite his acrimonious departure from the club in January 2011. His outstanding goal scoring record (65 goals in 102 Premier League games), ability to win matches single handedly, dazzling skills and breath taking finishes, have left the fans standing on their edge of the seat every time the boy from Madrid took the green blades of Anfield.
His form at Chelsea dipped drastically (20 league goals in 110 appearances) and with time he became a shadowy figure of what he used to be few years back. The same trend continued in Italy.
Torres’ entire game is based on pace and pace only. Of course he has the necessary intelligence to create space for himself, but his real charisma was to getting the better off the last defender with strength and out-run him with pace. And he had the requisite composure to finish a move in style that made him one of the world’s best during his time at Liverpool.
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