i differ a bit.
given how MUFC "suffered" when they sold ronaldo and did not get
a capable/similiar transfer to fill his slot. It may have given
Pool's board a similar nightmare, of how much money would be
invested back into the club when they sell Torres..
rem, Torres wasn't fit when he went to WC and that snowballed
till now, if i am not wrong.
For me, his mind seems to be gone, and I do hope that he muster
enough to bring Pool back to at least top 4 if possible before he
even thinks of jumping ship.
That's why it's call a matter of opinion... In my opinion, the
board should have cash in on him for the good of the club. Or the
manager should have let him go and released useful funds for squad
strengthening purpose. Keeping an injury prone player, no matter
how good he is, is going to always be a problem more so especially
if he is your principle striker.
Torres was not only unfit before the WC, he was unfit for most
of last season... In fact, of his 3 seasons there, this one being
the 4th, only his first season was problem free... The 2nd one he
started getting injure. The last one (3rd) more often and also more
seriously... And now, into the 4th... It now seems like he may
just get injure easily even just running on his own without anyone
tackling him...
Like I said, just my opinion but in this type of cases,
better play safe and cash in while there is still value as
Torres is now into his 4th year on his contract. Otherwise the only
loser will be the club who lose out big on a good deal...
How Torres go on from here is anyone's guess... Can turn
out to be good or just plain bad. But looking at his
condition... The chances of him not getting injured for the rest of
the season kind looks very slim... Cos like I said, just running
even on his own he can get injured. And this isn't the first time
too, I remember in the final for Spain he also injured
himself in the same way towards the end of their
match... Lucky his team wasn't made to pay for it as it
happened almost at the end of the match. I guess he may
have some weak muscular conditions. And players like these could be
finish by the time they reach 30 or just before 30.
So, there is no telling whether it's for the good or bad
selling him. But one thing for sure is, the money in the bank won't
be a bad thing.
