Tag: Fernando Torres
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Chelsea Blog: The weakness remains!
Watching Chelsea last season was like watching a blunt arrow flying through the air… Looks great, but causes little damage. With the acquisitions of Didier Drogba (free transfer) and Diago Costa (£32m), hopes are that Chelsea would turn their blunt arrow into a mighty spearhead. But after watching the Pensioners’ pre-season effort, I cant help…
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Chelsea Blog: How to solve a problem like Torres?
After signing from Liverpool for a record £50m fee on transfer deadline day in January 2011, Fernando Torres is still giving his Chelsea employees a huge headache and the Chelsea faithful an even bigger one. Since 2011, Chelsea have had Carlo Ancelotti, André Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo, Rafael Benitez and José Mourinho at the…
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Atletico: We don’t want Torres, Cazorla or Hernandez
La Liga champions Atletico Madrid have strongly denied rumours that suggest they are close to signing Premier League attackers Fernando Torres, Santi Cazorla and Javier Hernandez. Atletico president Enrique Cerezo has told Spanish media he is fully aware of the speculation linking the three Hispanic players to Madrid but insists none of them are of…
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Liverpool reject chance to re-sign Fernando Torres
Football Express News understands that Liverpool have rejected the chance to re-sign Fernando Torres after Chelsea offered the Spaniard. The Spanish striker left Liverpool back in 2011 for a fee of £50m to Premier League side Chelsea but his time at the club, despite winning the Champions League has not gone according to plan. Poor…
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BLOG: Mourinho’s strategic plan for European victory
It is no secret that Chelsea’s charismatic coach Jose Mourinho returned to his former post in west London last summer for one reason and one reason alone and that was to do the very thing he failed to do first time around – win the Champions League with Chelsea. He called it his “unfinished business.”…
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Atletico Madrid fans chant Torres’ name during Mandzukic presentation
Mario Mandzukic’s presentation as an Atletico Madrid player on Thursday was greeted with chants by the club’s fans for the return of Fernando Torres. Inside Spanish Football report that during the presentation to both media and fans of the Spanish champions of Mario Mandzukic, chants of Fernando Torres’ name and his return were made by…
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Chelsea source: Torres is a spent force
Chelsea’s £50m flop Fernando Torres is being lined up for a move back home to Atletico Madrid but his career is already over, according to a source at Stamford Bridge. The Blues are reportedly in talks with La Liga champions Atletico over the transfer of Torres back to the club he started his football training…
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Chelsea complete £32 signing of Diego Costa
Spanish hitman Diego Costa has signed a 5-year contract with Chelsea and the deal was finally sealed on the activation of his release clause this afternoon. The former Atletico Madrid striker’s highly-anticipated move to Stamford Bridge is perfectly timed for the player to join Jose Mourinho’s Blues on their pre-season friendly fixtures. Chelsea have officially…
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Nigerian striker set for Chelsea move
Fenerbahce star Emmanuel Emenike could be Chelsea’s next summer acquisition following reports that the Turkish club have offered the Nigerian World Cup striker to the west Londoners for £15M. The 27-year-old forward is said to have sparked the interest of Chelsea with his solid displays of form over the early group stage of Nigeria’s international…
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For Mourinho, Costa has to succeed
Contribution by Asa Clark @cfcasa After scoring 36 goals in all competitions, helping them win La Liga and reach the Champions League final for Atletico Madrid, it looks like Chelsea will finally have a current and in-form world class and not forgetting a ‘Mourinho’ type striker in Diego Costa. The fee is reported to be…
