Chelsea hope to do business
with Liverpool for striker
Fernando Torres to the tune of
£50 million.
The People says Chelsea boss Carlo
Ancelotti is primed to offer £50m for Torres, who
looks destined to leave Liverpool after comments this morning from his
agent.
Liverpool claim they do not
have to sell Spanish striker Torres, but a firm Chelsea offer – with cash up front – would
seriously test their resolve. Chelsea have already planned for a future with
Torres. He will be on top wages, and will be told that he will not
have to play every week.
Carrying the burden of being Liverpool’s only top striker saw
Torres succumb regularly to injury last season. Torres may be
willing to join a club where he is rotated, along with
Didier Drogba and
Nicolas Anelka, and which is
guaranteed to be in the running for all the major prizes.
Chelsea also want Reds
midfielder Javier Mascherano but he is flirting with Rafa Benitez’s
Inter Milan and
Barcelona and Blues will not pay
over the odds or offer a huge salary.