A report in the Daily Star has
claimed that Atletico Madrid will only do business with Liverpool
for Fernando Torres if Peter Crouch comes as part of the
deal.
The paper claims that there is still an £8 million gap in the
clubs respective valuations of the player and that Atletico would
rather take Crouch in part-exchange than Luis Garcia.
Last week Liverpool officials reportedly travelled to Spain for
negotiations and they are set to return this week.
Atletico coach Javier Aguirre is apparently a big fan of the lanky
striker and believes he could be a real asset at the Vicente
Calderon.
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez wants to hold on to Crouch but may find
the prospect of signing Torres impossible to resist and could be
tempted to allow the England forward to leave in order to obtain
his object of desire.
Manchester United are also being linked with Torres.
