Absolutely Bloody Brilliant. We have officially completed the signing of £26.5million pound Spanish hot-shot Fernando Torres today and he looks keen to make his presence felt immediately.
Best of all is that he talked of his real desire to wear the famous Red shirt and play in front of the Kop.
Speaking after he was officially unveiled the 23-year-old Torres said: “The Liverpool offer arrived and I told the club to listen to that offer as that is the team I wanted to play for,”
“It’s one of the best, if not the best, club in Europe.”
“It has been a difficult decision to leave my all-time club,”
“But it would have been hard for me to reject Liverpool’s offer. It is a big leap for me and I think it was the right thing for everyone.
“The time comes in the life of a player that he needs more challenges.”
“The fact that Liverpool are giving me the number nine jersey just goes to show the confidence they have placed in me, when considering those who have worn that shirt before me,”
“A new beautiful adventure begins for me and I hope that with work and effort I can be among the best players.
“This is a unique opportunity for me. Liverpool aspire to everything and that has been an important factor in my decision to go there.
“I want to adapt as quickly as possible. I think Premiership is a football that adapts well to my style.
RAFA SAYS
“He has experience,”
“He was playing in the first division at 17 years old and I think he can manage the pressure.
“He knows he will be an important player and I’m sure the staff and other players will help him.
“He has power, pace, is good in the air, scores goals, can dribble and do a lot of things. The kind of striker he is different to the other strikers we have at the moment.”
On any comparisons to former Reds striker Fernando Morientes, he added: “He is different to Morientes,”
“He is quicker and stronger.
“Morientes had other skills and was a very good finisher but Torres can run behind defenders, can play in the wide areas or play between the lines to receive the ball.”
CARRA SAYS
“If other teams are spending double what you are spending on players they have an advantage on you,”
“Hopefully the players that we’re looking to buy now are maybe in that bracket of £15-20million.
“If we want to bridge that gap we have to go in at the top end of the market.”
“You have a great pedigree (with Fernando Torres) there. He is a young lad, very quick, which is good for the Premiership and hopefully he will do very well.”
PEPE REINA SAYS
“We need a player that scores 20 or 25 goals a season and Fernando Torres can be the man,”
“Torres has many virtues,”
“I am confident that he will do very important things for the team.”
He added: “It’s true that the style of football is different in England,”
“We want him to be ready from the first minute and show the player he has been in recent years.”
“Liverpool showed a lot of interest in him,”
“The fact that there are many Spaniards at Liverpool was one of the reasons why he chose to come here.
“I think this will help him adapt quicker.”
XABI SAYS
“He is a brilliant player,”
“It is clear it would be good for us to have him. He has already demonstrated his enormous quality and to have him in the team will be brilliant.”
After a frustrating start to this off-season we finally have something great to smile about and it seems as though new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks are being true to their word to make us a Premiership force.
Rafa has now turned his attentions to signing a new flanker and has been linked with Ricardo Quaresma, Alessandro Mancini and Simao.
He recently said: “Really we are working with wingers. People can talk about a lot of things and a lot of names but we’re working on wingers.”
Well things are getting very exciting. cant wait to see what Rafa does next. Watch this space for more.
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