Liverpool reject Chelsea bid for Torres
Chelsea had been told that the Spanish international was not for sale.
LONDON:
Liverpool have turned down an audacious bid by Chelsea for their striker Fernando Torres. Chelsea, who are believed to have tabled a similar bid for the player last summer, had been told that the Spanish international was not for sale, Liverpool said in a statement on its website.
“Chelsea have made a bid for Fernando which has been turned down,” said a Liverpool spokesman. “The player is not for sale.”
Newspaper reports earlier put Chelsea’s bid at £35 million for 26-year-old Torres who is under contract at Liverpool until 2013. However he is widely reported to have a buy-out clause in his deal which will allow him to leave if another team matches his £50 million valuation. The clause was believed to have been inserted as a concession to Torres after Liverpool failed to qualify for the Champions League last season amid uncertainty over the club’s ownership.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2011.
Liverpool have turned down an audacious bid by Chelsea for their striker Fernando Torres. Chelsea, who are believed to have tabled a similar bid for the player last summer, had been told that the Spanish international was not for sale, Liverpool said in a statement on its website.
“Chelsea have made a bid for Fernando which has been turned down,” said a Liverpool spokesman. “The player is not for sale.”
Newspaper reports earlier put Chelsea’s bid at £35 million for 26-year-old Torres who is under contract at Liverpool until 2013. However he is widely reported to have a buy-out clause in his deal which will allow him to leave if another team matches his £50 million valuation. The clause was believed to have been inserted as a concession to Torres after Liverpool failed to qualify for the Champions League last season amid uncertainty over the club’s ownership.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 29th, 2011.