Torres Stuns Liverpool With £31.2m Contract Demand
Fernando Torres is reportedly demanding a six year contract worth a
massive £31.2million, on the back of Inter Milan's willingness to
meet that.
A deal with Atletico Madrid has been agreed, and Luis Garcia's move
to El Calderon is also all but done, but Fernando Torres, the man
who matters, is proving to be the new road-block in his own move to
Liverpool.
The Sun report that the striker has asked for a bumper £100,000 a
week salary, and a six year contract, which totals to
£31.2million.
It is worth noting that Liverpool had decided to dish out his
transfer fee - which is much lower than this - only after much
deliberation.
Though this amount will be amortized over six seasons, it is a
contract that supposedly only five Premiership players -
Shevchenko, Ballack, Gerrard, and Ronaldo and Henry - have ever
topped.
With even Chelsea deciding that Frank Lampard and skipper John
Terry will not be offered £100,000 a week or over, it would be an
understatement to say that Torres' demand has stunned
Liverpool.
There seems to be an offer from Inter Milan that has caused the
problems. The report insists that Torres' agents, Bahia
International, are keen to use the Nerazzurri's offer to land him a
bumper contract.
Sources from the agency have been quoted as saying: "Hell only
leave Atletico if the club, and the offer, is absolutely right for
him."
It is unclear whether Liverpool will meet this demand. They will
want to baulk at it, but will know that losing the player over wage
demands after all the hard work they have put in, will be a very
sorry situation to be in.
