Why we should sell Torres??? After Torres’ goal in Europa League final, some of you probably started to think about keeping him in our squad for next season. But personally I think he should be in our transfer list this summer. I’ll give you my reasons why he doesn’t deserve to be a Blue next season : 1. Lack of goals We don’t need to argue about this £50m striker capacity in front of the goals. He is horrible. From 42 games he started (only PL, EL, and CL games) he scored 17 goals. That means 0.4 goals per game, and it’s not good enough for a top club like Chelsea. His positioning, his finishing touch are awful. And from the stats Frank Lampard had best ratio of minutes per goal among all players in Premier League. Shame to know that Torres is our striker When I say this, some people replied that Torres was there to link up. We have 5 players on midfield to link up, all we need is up front player who can score for fun. We have the service needed by a striker, and we need a striker with scoring ability, a striker who can convert all the services we have. 2. Wages El Nino is currently paid about £175k per week. That’s second highest in Chelsea, after Eden Hazard (£185k per week) along side with Terry (£175k per week). It’s too high for bench player if we get another decent striker in this summer. Waste 3. Age He is now 29 years old. For some of you who think he’ll get better next season, he has no future at Chelsea. He had his day, no one can deny he was once a phobia for any defender on this planet. He was Ballon d’Or finalist. But know, he’s just average Fernando Torres. If we can sell him now, personally i think we can get about £15-25m from his fee. Some top italian clubs are rumoured wanting this spanish striker at heir clubs. AS Roma, Napoli, Inter Milan, and even his old team, Atletico Madrid are linked with him. If we keep him for one or two more seasons, with his remaining contract, we will lose big amounts of money, or even get nothing because he’s a free agent in 2 more seasons. The only reason to keep him in our squad is because he sells shirt. But now we have Hazard and Mata, who both sold more shirts than Torres around the world. Better options are available to us : Demba Ba He’s not been amazing with Chelsea. But he serves more purpose and threat than Torres. Better positioning, better finishing touch, better effort. And he has been just here for half season, need more adaptation with Chelsea style (different with Torres who has been two and half seasons here), we should give him more time as he was great for Newcastle United. Also he is paid far less than Torres (£80k per week) Romelu Lukaku This belgian talent is one of the best talents in this planet now. He had great days on his loan at WBA. Scored more goals than Torres in the league, and he’s not even first s quad there. Was a nominee of PFA Young Player o The Season award along with Bale, Hazard, and Benteke. He won WBA’s PoTY as well. What an amazing achievement for 20 years old. Though I think he needs more experience before playing in Chelsea blue kits, but as alternative option, he can give us at least 20 goals a season. It’s not even a shocking anymore if Chelsea are linked to many top strikers for this transfer window. Falcao, Cavani, Lewandowski, Mario Gomez, Jackson Martinez, and many others have been rumoured wanted by Chelsea. Since Benitez said that Roman Abramovich set about £100m for this transfer window, it’s not impossible if we want to sign one or two of those decent strikers. Without decent striker, Chelsea are the second team to score most goals this season (after Barcelona). Imagine what can we do with decent striker in our squad. We have incredible midfielders like Mata and Hazard, all we need is a decent striker to finish the ball from midfield, a striker who scores for fun, a striker who knows how to net the ball. You can support him or any other players for your life, but when it comes to the team, team go first. Team are priority, and Chelsea are better team without Fernando Torres. .AP
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:45:18 +0000