will this s**t ever stop http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5393991,00.html Rafa Benitez reportedly fears losing both Javier Mascherano and Fernando Torres this summer due to the perilous state of Liverpool's finances and, although he will fight to keep the striker, is reputedly 'close to conceding defeat in his attempts to keep Mascherano'. With Xabi Alonso linked with a move back to his native Spain, Benitez, who has already missed out on Gareth Barry, could lose both of his centre-midfielders over the next few weeks. According to The Sunday Times, Mascherano's departure has become something of an inevitability, with Real Madrid embarking on a bidding war with Barcelona and 'prepared to pay £38m for the joint transfer of Mascherano and right-back Alvaro Arbeloa'. Yet it is the speculation over Torres' future that is bound to worry Liverpool fans the most, with the newspaper claiming that Benitez 'fears that Torres could be lost to Chelsea in a £60m heist'. 'Chelsea inquired about the 25-year-old earlier this year and Benitez believes the London club are now ready to offer as much as £60m. Fearing that Liverpool's hard-up owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, might struggle to resist, Benitez has made inquiries about Almeira centre-forward Alvaro Negredo as a replacement. Negredo is half-owned by Madrid and available for £15m,' the newspaper reports. A similar claim is made on the backpage of The News of the World with the tabloid declaring that Chelsea are intent on uniting David Villa with Torres at Stamford Bridge. 'Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez will do all he can to block the move. But he is worried the huge sum offered by Chelsea could tempt American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks,' it claims. 'Liverpool's true financial state will be revealed over the coming weeks and Benitez is beginning to fear the worst. 'At the end of the season Benitez was hopeful of landing 27-year-old Villa. Now he not only has to face up to Chelsea signing Villa but also targeting Torres.'
As long as we've got this bloomin' Yanks as owners and all the sh1t they bring with them, we'll have to continue to put up with this type of story I'm afraid ... Had the fools not put so much debt on us, which in turn contributed to our current years losses then these stories would never even get to the Editors desk in whatever "newspaper" they appear in I reckon.
£60 million wouldn't buy Torres' right arm. Papers must be confused and think its april 1st because right now they're the only ones looking like fools.
its gonna be like this every year until we 1) get a shite load of money 2) get new owners with dosh or 3) when we actually do become a selling club because of these wan*s
Had a quick look at gossip on bbc website this morning and decided i won't be buying any papers today. What a load of garbage.
Look lads the jouro's are plain and simply making things up now because they are desperate to see the club fail. Ignore them and do yourselfs a favour and do as i've been doing for years now...just don't buy ANY newspapers. They are ALL full of shit.
frightened the bejasus outta me when i saw the story thought it was happening....sunday morning bluured awakening anything like that now would be a disaster
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164800090621-1238.htm TORRES: I WOULD LOVE TO EMULATE FOWLER - Sounds like he's off to chelski to me.
Correct 100%, Torres gives several interviews this week saying he's going nowhere would NEVER play for another English team and we still get these stories. The press fear our revival and are doing what they can to unsettle fans and players, Torres is as loyal as they come and loves us. Mascherano is an Argie and loyalty is something they dont understand, greed on the other hand, they have masters in.