So it came to pass this weekend that Fernando Torres wants to leave Liverpool. Naturally at the start of the season it would have been expected for him to depart back in August when the club was still on the rails and Hicks and Gillett were ripping the very heart out of the club. We now have new owners and we have a new man in charge. It has been the opinion of a few football fans across twitter, that Torres upped his performance for the sake of the transfer window. Have us fans become so cynical that it's come to this.
If Torres had come out at the start of the transfer window and said that he wanted to move, then I think it would have been accepted. To state that you want to move with two days two days of the transfer window left (not counting the weekend) is clearly disrespectful to the fans and to the club.
It was only in the last two weeks that Fernando Torres stated that he was happy to see the rest of his contract out, yet soon as Chelsea put in a late bid, he suddenly wants to leave. Who knows what is going through his mind. One theory is that maybe he is doing a Rooney. The Suarez transfer saga has come to an end with him joining for just under £23 million. Another pointer which makes it interesting is that Torres and Suarez both have the same agent. Fernando's transfer request doesn't seem to have put the Uruguayan off from joining.
As much as would like to see Torres stay, if he doesn't want to be committed to the club then he should go. It should be remembered though that Torres did sign a new deal during the Hicks and Gillett era when things were still not rosy and time after time he claimed a special connection to the club and it's fans. This now seems all very hollow.
There is still no official word from the club in regards to Torres, moving but the Sunday press does speculate on various options. I guess it will be the case of staying tuned as it were.
Blackpool found themselves wrongly on the receiving end of a £25,000 fine over team selection. The fine relating to the team selection against Aston Villa earlier in the season. It would have been greatly understood if Blackpool had been played off the park or fielded a youth team, but now they lost 3-2 through a late Aston Villa winner. Now even the most partisan football fan can see that this is a mockery of the very rules that the FA Premier League put in place. If a manager has a squad of 25 to choose from then as a manager who actually spends more time with his squad than the FA Premier men, he will know who his best players are, he can judge who are in form, top fitness and likely to match the opposition and beat it. The FA Premier League should either stop fining managers for Premier League selections or drop the 25 player squad rule.
There are those who say there is one rule for the big clubs and another for the smaller clubs. It would easily be swung to that opinion. Arsenal in a game against Wigan made 8 changes to their team and escaped without punishment. Of course Arsenal like the bigger clubs have international players who can come in and take their place. The FA Cup replay away to Leeds was a fine example.
Darren Bent left high flying Sunderland to join struggling Aston Villa to much controversy. It was believed that Bent left for the bigger money. For Darren Bent, it wasn't the first big money transfer he was involved in. He moved to Spurs for £17 million where he bagged 25 goals in 79 games. Gerrard Houllier believed that the criticism he received was because he was French. Think that was a bit much to be honest.
Robbie Keane looks like he's on his way to West Ham on another loan move. This of course the same Robbie Keane who Harry brought back to Spurs in February 2009 saying 'I'm very pleased to have signed him,he's just the type of player we need - his enthusiasm,his work rate, he's a terrific character to have around the place. He was made vice captain and often leading the side in King's absence. If Keane thought he was going to be at the Lane long time, he would be mistaken. February came and the Irishman was heading north to Scotland and on loan to Celtic.
If Torres had come out at the start of the transfer window and said that he wanted to move, then I think it would have been accepted. To state that you want to move with two days two days of the transfer window left (not counting the weekend) is clearly disrespectful to the fans and to the club.
It was only in the last two weeks that Fernando Torres stated that he was happy to see the rest of his contract out, yet soon as Chelsea put in a late bid, he suddenly wants to leave. Who knows what is going through his mind. One theory is that maybe he is doing a Rooney. The Suarez transfer saga has come to an end with him joining for just under £23 million. Another pointer which makes it interesting is that Torres and Suarez both have the same agent. Fernando's transfer request doesn't seem to have put the Uruguayan off from joining.
As much as would like to see Torres stay, if he doesn't want to be committed to the club then he should go. It should be remembered though that Torres did sign a new deal during the Hicks and Gillett era when things were still not rosy and time after time he claimed a special connection to the club and it's fans. This now seems all very hollow.
There is still no official word from the club in regards to Torres, moving but the Sunday press does speculate on various options. I guess it will be the case of staying tuned as it were.
Blackpool found themselves wrongly on the receiving end of a £25,000 fine over team selection. The fine relating to the team selection against Aston Villa earlier in the season. It would have been greatly understood if Blackpool had been played off the park or fielded a youth team, but now they lost 3-2 through a late Aston Villa winner. Now even the most partisan football fan can see that this is a mockery of the very rules that the FA Premier League put in place. If a manager has a squad of 25 to choose from then as a manager who actually spends more time with his squad than the FA Premier men, he will know who his best players are, he can judge who are in form, top fitness and likely to match the opposition and beat it. The FA Premier League should either stop fining managers for Premier League selections or drop the 25 player squad rule.
There are those who say there is one rule for the big clubs and another for the smaller clubs. It would easily be swung to that opinion. Arsenal in a game against Wigan made 8 changes to their team and escaped without punishment. Of course Arsenal like the bigger clubs have international players who can come in and take their place. The FA Cup replay away to Leeds was a fine example.
Darren Bent left high flying Sunderland to join struggling Aston Villa to much controversy. It was believed that Bent left for the bigger money. For Darren Bent, it wasn't the first big money transfer he was involved in. He moved to Spurs for £17 million where he bagged 25 goals in 79 games. Gerrard Houllier believed that the criticism he received was because he was French. Think that was a bit much to be honest.
Robbie Keane looks like he's on his way to West Ham on another loan move. This of course the same Robbie Keane who Harry brought back to Spurs in February 2009 saying 'I'm very pleased to have signed him,he's just the type of player we need - his enthusiasm,his work rate, he's a terrific character to have around the place. He was made vice captain and often leading the side in King's absence. If Keane thought he was going to be at the Lane long time, he would be mistaken. February came and the Irishman was heading north to Scotland and on loan to Celtic.
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