Fernando Torres

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From Skysports transfer feed:

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has dismissed suggestions that he would consider taking Fernando Torres in exchange for Luka Modric. He also confirms he is heading to South of France to watch Loic Remy.

[Boogs]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...finishing.html

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres undergoes extra training to work on his finishing
Fernando Torres is taking extra finishing training at Chelsea in an attempt to rediscover his once-deadly form in front of goal.

Goal shy: Fernando Torres has not enjoyed a consistent run of goals since arriving at Chelsea in January 2011

The Spanish striker, 27, has not scored in almost three months and has just three league goals for Chelsea since joining them from Liverpool for £50m in January 2011.
Torres' last goal came during October's 5-0 win over Genk in the Champions League and the striker is now taking drastic measures to get his game back on track.
Chelsea's Assistant coach Steve Holland told Chelsea TV: "Fernando is working very hard at his finishing in training.
"We do a lot of finishing as part of the sessions anyway but he is doing extra at the end of every session during the week.
"His finishing is looking very good in training, the ball is flying in. I have personally spent some time with him on making sure [he's in the right position].

"Sometimes when you're trying hard to score, you end up in areas where you're less likely to score.
"It's not a bad crime, it's only because he's so determined."
Frank Lampard benefitted from a misplaced Torres shot on Saturday, when the Spaniard's shot rebounded off the bar onto Lampard's knee, giving Chelsea a 1-0 win over Sunderland.
The midfielder believes Torres will rediscover his best form soon, but needs a run of goals to get back to full confidence.
"He is doing it in training and you can see a lift in him," Lampard said. "I feel for him because he made a great connection for my goal when it hit the bar first.
"You're just waiting for that moment when he is going to bang two or three in.
He is working his socks off, making runs and creating goals. We're all talking about that and rightly so."
Fellow Spaniard Oriol Romeu is also supportive of Torres, praising his role in the Chelsea team and asking his critics to look beyond his lack of goals.
"People used to say that if he doesn't score goals then he is not playing good but that is not true," Romeu said to Chelsea's official wesite.
"He is playing good for us and he helped us to get the goals.
"He was playing very good in the game at Wolves and now he played another big game for us [against Sunderland]. Every ball, he fights and he is big player for us.
"If he is happy, if he is enjoying it on the pitch, then he is going to play better and he helps us much more than if he is not enjoying it on the pitch.
"He is playing very good in the two last games and that is good news for us."

[Craig_H]

No goals in 3 months and just 3 in over a year - for Fernando Torres It's ****ing mental

[Gibbo]

I don't think I could see him at Spurs.

[RichC]

No goals in 3 months and just 3 in over a year - for Fernando Torres It's ****ing mental

the no goals in 3 months had slipped under the radar abit with me, ****ing hell I've said it before but has there ever been a quicker fall from grace for a footballer?

[Norbs]

the no goals in 3 months had slipped under the radar abit with me, ****ing hell I've said it before but has there ever been a quicker fall from grace for a footballer?

What makes it funnier is that he's *really really* trying now and has been a tad unlucky

[Shaggy]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...finishing.html
Frank Lampard benefitted from a misplaced Torres shot on Saturday, when the Spaniard's shot rebounded off the bar onto Lampard's knee, giving Chelsea a 1-0 win over Sunderland.

How harsh and ridiculous is that? "A misplaced Torres shot"? It was a stunning effort

[PTP]

- it was a hell of an effort - still "should of scored"

[ronanm]

All he needs is confidence. I would like to see him back. Still, we've got a work in progress with Carroll - I am sure we will look back and think "Do you remember when Andy was poor?"

[ronanm]

When Nando was here his team mates were a young Gerrard, Xabi, Masch, Benny, Riera, Crouch and a prime Dirk Kuyt.
Suarez is playing alongside Carroll, Downing, Henderson, Adam and a shot Dirk Kuyt. Bizarrely Luis has been here a year and yet him and Stevie have barely been on the pitch together.

Fair point.

[kingfunk]

Bring Fernando and Raffels back.

[Darkon]

Ancelotti today say's that Torres have been offered around by his agent, and that he is unofficially for sale / Chelsea are open to offers.

[Chris]

Good, he's a ****ing cunt. PSG could do better though.

[Lee]

He'll either be involved in a swap deal with Falcao, or he'll end up at Malaga.

What a fall from grace. So quickly too. Unreal.

[krade]

So this seems like a fairly succesful curse we have put on Torres, how come the man u one never works