According to a plethora of reports in the daily newspapers star striker Fernando Torres is set to leave Liverpool this summer after a lacklustre year for the Merseyside team.
Torres, a life-long Liverpool fan, has cut a very frustrated figure at times this season. This has been due mostly to some of his team-mates failings and the very average look to his side's squad (Kyrgiakos and Lucas are hardly going to stroll into anyone's world eleven). However, it never seemed that the gifted Spaniard would leave the club he only joined three years ago this summer.
The bad news for Liverpool fans is that a move for Torres away from Anfield does seem to be inevitable, but it would be unlikely that he would join another English team. Recently Torres has admitted that the physical nature of the English game will drive away at some point, so despite all the reports linking him with a £70 million move to Chelsea, it probably won't happen.
Concern about Torres' intentions have been further complicated by claims in the past week that the striker may have lost faith in Rafa Benitez.
Following the suggestion made by The Daily Mirror that 'Torres is no longer an admirer of Benitez', The Sun reports this morning that 'Torres' relationship with the manager has cooled to such an extent there is now more chance of him staying if Benitez goes'.
The report in the Mirror could be a best case scenario for some 'pool fans - Rafa goes; Nando stays, but for some the idea that they can't hold on to their manager and/or best player must leave them sweating.
If Torres goes, who in the Liverpool team can get goals like these consistently, David Ngog? Nah didn't think so either.
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