I think Torres will flop aswell. His first season at Liverpool was amazing, but I think that injury really is going to hold him back. Could probably benefit more from a move to Spain or Italy imo.

Also, I'm pretty sure there's gonna be a clause in Torres' contract that he can't play against Liverpool on the weekend, don't think Dalgleish would let that fly

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Also, I can see the potential in Carrol. He's more of an old fashioned centre forward, strong, hard working, good in the air etc, he's like the second coming of Alan Shearer imo

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also, this isn't just cause i hate chelsea, Torres is one of my favourite players. + Show Spoiler +

I just think he's not going to fit into their team.

edit: bring on Suarez & Carrol partnership. LOVED watching him in the world cup (apart from the handball ofc, shows passion and patriosm though), with Gerrard, Kuyt abd Maxi all likely to be on the starting lineup too, their attacking options are potentially amazing right now.

TonyL2

England1953 Posts

January 31 2011 23:35 GMT

#1666

Pretty crazy window

I liked how there were rumours or were they actual bids where Spurs seemed to try to get everyone from Charlie Adam in the last minute to Aguero and Rossi

FireBlast!

United Kingdom5251 Posts

January 31 2011 23:51 GMT

#1667

this all puts into perspective how amazing arsene wenger is

and what a ridiculous bargain 8 million for van der vaart was for tottenham in these climates

Torres won't flop but he'll find it difficult to live up to the hype, he'll take at least the rest of the season to be that that player again who arrived at liverpool under benitez. 50 million for a player in such indifferent form for the majority of the year... Ludicrous.

Good thing is being an arsenal supporter this all inflates Fabregas and Nasri's price tags so much clubs are gonna be put off from making bids.

Carroll is NOT worth 35 million, hes had a great start but for that amount of money you're looking at talent that can win you trophies immediately (David Villa, Carlos Tevez etc) and hes not there yet. I'd rate him 18 million tops, and thats mostly based on his age.

RowdierBob

Australia13240 Posts

February 01 2011 00:03 GMT

#1668

As a Liverpool fan I'm really not a fan of the Carroll deal. They've payed way too much for a guy who is just going to be another James Beattie/Robbie Keane in all honesty. That's not to say Carroll is bad, but he's not top draw and not worth what Liverpool payed.

It's a massive knee-jerk reaction to losing Torres and I can't help but feel the club will end up selling him back to Newcastle for a fraction of what he cost.

Losing Torres makes me sad as he's such a good player and was starting to find a bit of form again. I can't blame the guy for leaving; Liverpool are a side in a decline/rebuild phase and he obviously doesn't want to be part of such a plan. I can understand why he left; he wants win and maximise his potential while at his prime.

I think he'll go well at Chelsea if he can keep fit, but only time will tell. A lot of people are calling it Shevchenko #2, but I think he's far better than that. If he can keep fit, he'll flourish

Lovedrop

2629 Posts

February 01 2011 00:13 GMT

#1669

Torres for 58.5m euros is pretty ridic. Andy Carroll for 35 is just ludicrous. Also, Blues grabbed David Luiz for ~25 and Luis Suarez to Reds. This was one of the crazier windows, that's for sure o_o

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

February 01 2011 01:25 GMT

#1670

just read they got David Luiz too, with all those signings would not be too out of place to said they can challenge any team in the world.

Milan also are investing hard. Milan, Chelsea and Barca imo are the 3 main candidates to win CL in the future, such amazing squads

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

February 01 2011 01:45 GMT

#1671

On February 01 2011 07:08 Cain0 wrote:
Wow, Andy Carroll for 35 mil??? Has Kenny gone senile???

He English and he's young; that's why he's worth so much money.
They'll make it back on T-shirts probably.

Seems like a good deal for Liverpool to me. Suarez + Caroll is worth Torres.
Although the rest of their team is awful so it might not help much.

kakaman

United States1576 Posts

February 01 2011 01:57 GMT

#1672

There is no loyalty in sports

SwedishHero

Sweden869 Posts

February 01 2011 02:15 GMT

#1673

Crazy transferwindow.
Paying so much for Andy Carrol is fucking linsane...The guy cant behave, has trouble with the law. He played in the championship last year...has played half a season in PL. This has the potentail of major catastrophe for liverpool and their fans..Its fucking spiteful of torres, putting liverpool in such a position, where they had to act fast to even get a striker to replace Torres..The little faggot could have gone earlier..

noezke

England514 Posts

February 01 2011 02:18 GMT

#1674

It really is a sorry state of affairs for the english league when we're seeing Darrent Bent being sold for 24million and Carrol for 35million the price for Carrol is particulary insane sure he's got potential but he's barely worth even half that :/ as a Man united fan i just hope Torres continues misfiring for Chelsea but i really cant see it happening :p

SwedishHero

Sweden869 Posts

February 01 2011 02:22 GMT

#1675

Yeah Darren bent aswell..Dear lord , I belive Barcelona got David Villa cheaper than liverpool got Carrol and Milan got Zlatan cheaper then Aston villa got Bent..But then again these situations arent totally comparable but shows anyhow how crazy its getting..

noezke

England514 Posts

February 01 2011 02:30 GMT

#1676

http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/features/2011-01-31/liverpool-bound-andy-carroll-demands-8th-highest-transfer-fee-all-time

1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Manchester United to Real Madrid (£80 million in 2009)

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Inter Milan to Barcelona (£56.5 million in 2009)

3. Kaka: AC Milan to Real Madrid (£56 million in 2009)

4. Fernando Torres: Liverpool to Chelsea (£50 million in 2011)

5. Zinedine Zidane: Juventus to Real Madrid (£45 million in 2001)

6. Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid (£37 million in 2000)

7. Hernan Crespo: Parma to Lazio (£35.5 million in 2000)

8. Andy Carroll: Newcastle to Liverpool (£35 million in 2011)

9. David Villa: Valencia to Barcelona (£34 million in 2010)

10. Gianluigi Buffon: Parma to Juventus (£32.6 million in 2001)

made me chuckle when i looked through the names and seen him at no.8 :p granted more and more money has been spent during the course of the years but still its pretty mad to see his name with the rest :D

The KY

United Kingdom6252 Posts

February 01 2011 02:42 GMT

#1677

35m for Andy Carroll; EL OH FUCKING EL.

Seriously that's insane.

Slightly disappointed there were no strikers signed for Spurs. But the fact that we flashed 35m or something at Athletico for Aguero is encouraging, I now eagerly await the er...next tranfer window.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 01 2011 02:42 GMT

#1678

I really wonder why British players can command such extraordinary fees just for being British. Are they that much more marketable than foreigners? The phrase "no value in the transfer market" constantly touted by Ferguson is actually beginning to look like a valid reason for Man Utd's lack of big purchases over the past few years. It's just sad Newcastle were actually able to hold out for that much because of the lack of British talent.

noezke

England514 Posts

February 01 2011 03:03 GMT

#1679

Have to agree, it baffles me the prices being spent on players i would rate as mediocre at best, England are in a pretty bad shape on a international level at the moment in regards to future talent, alot of the senior team key players getting older and might not even see another world cup. and off the top of my head i can only really name Jack Wilshere who looks like a real world class player of the future who is getting regular games for his club and Joe Hart ofc (correct me if im wrong :p) but imo its not looking good at all.