Fernando Torres set to shine for Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League
In the summer transfer window of 2010, rumours surfaced all across the British media that Chelsea were in for a swoop for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809’s striker, Fernando Torres, as the Spanish forward was unhappy with his life at Anfield.
It was a crucial period of the transfer window as the FIFA World Cup 2010 had just ended and Torres had become a World Cup winner with the Spanish national team. Throughout the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Fernando Torres hardly set a foot right. His time with La
Furia Roja in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757 was marred by injury after injury.
In the 2009/2010 English Premier League season with Liverpool, Torres struggled with fitness issues once again as he underwent a groin surgery before suffering from a knee injury which sidelined him for most of the early stages of the Premier League season.
Nonetheless, Fernando finally confirmed in the last few days of the summer transfer window of 2010 that he was committed to Liverpool as he wanted to play a major part in Liverpool’s push for the English Premier League title.
These words turned out to be as hollow as a drum when in the winter transfer window of 2011 Fernando Torres requested a transfer move to Chelsea. As a consequence, Liverpool parted ways with their star striker for an astonishing 50 million pounds.
Many still wonder as to what was the emergency? Why did Chelsea go in hard for the Spanish striker? Why did they act so desperately after their initial 35 million pound bid was rejected by the Merseyside giants?
In reality, that emergency and desperation was fully justified. Carlo Ancelotti’s team has seen a torrid run of form since late November.
At first this loss of heart was attributed to the injuries which were sustained by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294 but now even in the presence of all of their big names, Chelsea are failing spectacularly in their attempt to retain the English
Premier League crown.
The significance of signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 in the January transfer window should be understood in light of Carlo Ancelotti’s statement which came out in the summer of 2010.
The Italian manager made it clear with his statement to Chelsea’s official television channel that the Blues now need to win the UEFA Champions League. When the Italian was appointed as the Chelsea manager, it wasn’t due to his below average record in Serie
A but his tremendous record with A\C Milan in the UEFA Champions League.
Thus, in the January transfer window, Chelsea has now acquired their main weapon, Fernando Torres. The Spaniard is an established force in European football already since despite all his injuries last season, he played eight times for Liverpool in European
competitions and netted four goals.
Not only that, in the 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League season, Torres scored six times in 11 matches for Liverpool as the Reds made it till the semifinal stage of the tournament. Now once again as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 for their Round-of-16
tie against Copenhagen FC, Torres is destined to play a crucial role once again.
Ancelotti will be hoping that his new striker is able to provide the flair which is desperately needed as a difference making factor in a tightly contested competition such as the UEFA Champions League.
Chelsea’s tie against Copenhagen presents itself as a perfect chance for Torres to make his mark on the European stage with his new club. After all, no London club has ever won the UEFA Champions League.
However, Chelsea now has the squad and the swagger needed to lift the European Cup at Wembley in May, 2011. All that the Blues need to do now is give it their best shot and in doing so establish themselves as one of European football’s top dogs.
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