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Originally Posted by Jagger
Unbelievable to me that Torres submitted a transfer request just when the ship is being turned around for the better.
At the start of January it was dire. We still had Roy, the football was pitiful. Kenny is here now, the football is much better, they're up to 7th, and they have shown their ambition by being in the process of signing Suarez.
The timing of his request is strange beyond belief. Torres to do this a mere three days before the deadline stinks, and to the Rent Boys no less. Crap if it was Barca I wouldn't be as bothered but to a plastic club like that makes the blood boil. Hey I even know that united will be with me on this. At least the Mancs, as much as I dislike them, have a proper history and run their club the way it should be run. The same cannot be said for the Russians.
If they bid 50 million they can have him otherwise they can F the hell off.
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I'm pretty pissed too. However, brought up by a member of our club who's also of Spanish decent (I don't care if he lives in Texas now, this guy's a lifetime member in this city IMO) was it Fernando or his agent that fielded the request? Would Torres really do that now?
It just makes no sense. How many transfer windows have there been that Liverpool's future looked nothing but !#$%& futile? I mean, Tom Hicks even said that "internet terrosists" were a factor in him not getting a loan from Deutsche Bank in New York. Our club was quite possibly saved there by supporters with help from effing Twitter! The outlook was bleak in every way shape and form. Why would the man who went against what all of his fellow countrymen said (things along the lines of Torres deserving to play for a proper big club, etc.), why would he choose now to go a different course?
Maybe it's just wishful thinking, just a typical sports fan listening to his heart rather than his brain. But I also think I've presented a good amount of logic in this post.
This past August, we were all waiting for that loan deadline, and thought "This is it. Hicks and Gillett are gone! There is no tomorrows!" But that thought had crossed our minds before the last several deadlines, and had only been met with disappointment. The NESV takeover is the most positive thing to happen to this club for many years. I hate baseball a lot. However, when I look at the significance of that particular group taking over, it makes me optimistic. The Boston Red Sox were the franchise that had the presitigous name, but it came with a curse. Of course that was all more or less bullplop, but it was the way people saw things. At the end of the day, we're talking about an extremely marketable franchise that isn't being used to its full potential. Say what you want about the state of things today, but the 2 biggest names in English football are Liverpool FC, and Manchester United (in order of the only way I will ever tolerate typing such a list, best to worst of course). Chelsea, Arsenal, and the rest, can only wish to have that prestige, and the way sports work today, they will likely never be able to achieve that in their existence.
The new owners want to look at the stadium situation, and do what is most ideal. Whether to redevelop Anfield, or to build a new stadium at Stanley Park, the way they handled Fenway makes me optimistic that they will do what's best. As I said, I hate baseball, but the sport has history, and they probably could've gone and crapped on it, but chose not to.
At the end of the day, sure these guys want to make money as much as the next guy. If I had multi-billion dollar profits yearly, I'd buy the Flames, and Liverpool and pump money into each relentlessly to improve them. However, I don't. Neither do most, or all people reading this. However the current group has so far handled everything well. They were even patient with a manager who the fans hated (even though I wished they weren't, but it was likely the right thing to do). Their track record with sports teams (the Red Sox) is exactly what we want to see with our club. They want to make money by making Liverpool FC a more profitable club. The old owners wanted to use debt to buy our club, increase the value, and then eff off promptly at a profit. It's only the definition of justice that they lost money.
Holy rant. At the end of the day, this timing makes no sense from the perspective of Fernando Torres. It does for an agent that brought a striker into a Merseyside club, and also is the agent of a striker at said club who's gotten interest from irresponsible rich owners elsewhere.