Fernando Torres Blames London for Lack of Production

Chelsea FC front-man Fernando Torres has cited the city of London as the main culprit for his lack of goals since arriving from the Merseyside.

“Chelsea is in London, a huge city. I come from Madrid, also a great European capital, but this is much more of everything, for good and for bad,” Torres told reporters.

I’m not sure what Torres is trying to assert with these comments, but Roman Abramovich is probably pulling his hair out.

After spending €58.5 million for the Spanish international, Abramovich surely did not want to hear the striker complain about the city of London.

Do you hear D.J. Campbell and Jay Bothroyd of Queens Park Rangers complaining about the city?

Surely not.

Torres continued: “It’s been difficult for me to adapt here compared to when I arrived in Liverpool, a more comfortable place, smaller, where I was surrounded by Spanish team-mates.”

Thank you Fernando, for finally giving us something to work with, the  truth.

Anyone could tell you that it’s been difficult for Torres to adapt to life at Stamford Bridge, but I believe that the pressure of living up to his gargantuan transfer fee has gotten to the Spaniard, significantly impacting his form.

At least the striker asserted that he has the drive to improve at Chelsea. That’s all you can ask for, right?

“In the end, the important thing is to try and organise yourself as quickly as possible. That’s what I’m doing. The only thing I know is that opportunities such as the one Chelsea offered me cannot be turned down. The important thing is the confidence they have in me,” said Torres.

“I have the ambition to improve and Chelsea could offer me what every footballer desires: titles,” he concluded.

It’s important that Chelsea maintain their confidence in Torres, but as long as he does not have confidence in himself he will continue to struggle at Stamford Bridge.

It looked as if the former Liverpool talisman was turning the corner against Manchester United, with an absolutely brilliant display.

But that was all forgotten when Torres missed a wide open goal from six yards out.

Some overreacted and called it the “miss of the century”, but nonetheless it was a chance that you feel he would have converted 100 times out of 100 at Liverpool FC.

A very smart man once told me, thinking can get you into trouble. In the case of Fernando Torres, this seems to be an accurate statement.

Will Fernando Torres ever regain his Liverpool form?