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Torres: Liverpool owners lied to me

SoccerNews in English Premier League 22 Dec 2011

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Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has claimed that fans of former club Liverpool ‘don’t know the truth’ behind his move to Stamford Bridge.

The Spain international also accused the Reds’ owners, Fenway Sports Group, of breaking promises.

Torres left Anfield in a 50-million-pound deal in January, a move that has made him an unpopular figure among the supporters that idolised him during his time at the Merseyside club.

Torres claims there was more to the transfer than meets the eye, however, saying Reds fans ‘don’t know’ what their club’s owners are like.

“The Liverpool fans don’t know the truth about why I signed for Chelsea,” he told Spanish television station Canal+ Liga.

“The fans don’t even know half of what happened. They don’t know what the people in charge at Liverpool are like – they have a completely different perception of what they are like.”

“They made promises that they didn’t keep and I left because I realised I didn’t have time to be part of a project that would take years.”

“I have nothing against the Liverpool fans. I didn’t want to leave Liverpool the way I did but the club lied. I was let down and I don’t understand why the fans hate me.”

Torres has struggled since joining Chelsea, scoring only three goals in his 25 Premier League appearances for the club so far, but feels that he deserves more respect from his critics for his past achievements.

“I am going to try to be very humble and get back into the Chelsea starting line-up,” he said.

“My form has not been good but I am world and European champion and I deserve more respect.”

“It’s hard being on the bench but I respect the players who are playing. I’m going to support the team and get back in.”

His poor form, he admitted, could put his place in Spain’s Euro 2012 squad next summer in jeopardy, but the 27-year-old is confident he has a future with the national team.

“It’s true that (Spain head coach) Vicente del Bosque is worried about me and my form for Chelsea,” Torres said. “It’s up to me to go back to being the striker I was before.”

“If I go back to how I was a few years ago, I will again play an important role in the Spanish national team.”

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  • Tope ologunagba

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    It is really bad 4 everybody at dis stage of d league. Everyone is trying hard 2 justify y they did what they did, pause look at it like dis we have d worst goal ratio 4 a season (as far as i can remember) Carroll is as useful as a dead criple, we are miles away 4rm top 4 finish and i don’t see any player coming 2 liverpool dat have a top class name e.g cavani, messi or villa without we in champions league next season, not 2 forget dat our team is filled with average players.

    Let tell ourself d truth d managment and player are not playing their parts

    well, until we find ourself in d championship then we have d common sense to start working toward succeeding.

  • Luis AJAK

    0 0

    whatever idiots called Luiz, He will still be th football containery. only the best in Euro, Liverpool fc blood………………………………………………

  • tiger boy

    0 0

    the club which was sweet for torres is liverpol only because of a brilliant man who knows how to use torres very well….i m talking about steven gerrard who knows lfc strategies…..torres suppose to take example from lionel messi of barcelona..iniesta and xavi knows how to use him like gerrard to torres previously..its now difficult for him to be back in the form even though only time can tell….dalglish must force eden hazads signature next season to

  • philip

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    mr rockstar, i would real appreciate if u keep ur dirty hands off the keyboard.

  • akoria lawrence

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    Torres need to stay focus and prove himself to chelsea and spain and let them no dat he can be the no 9 again, and forget about liverpool and their promises, every of you should go back and watch that match again, you will have a clear view of the disagreement between both players,suares should learn from his mistake and the judgment of the f.a is good, because it will serve as warnin to other players with such attitude.

  • rockstar

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    chelsea is liverpool’s dumping ground…………

  • Andrew

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    I’d be interested to hear more of the Torres story. Anyone can say “the club lied” or “[the owners]made promises that they didn’t keep”, but what were these lies and promises?

    Perhaps saying “I didn’t have time to be part of a project that would take years” is closer to the real reason. Liverpool’s owners may want to rebuild the team, but not all in one year. Torres wants instant success, and that meant joining a club with bottomless pockets. So Chelsea or City.

  • kubone

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    up liverpool and we will never walk alonea.
    a mistake had been made and the correction being taken so lets forget the past and face the future love lfc

  • liverpool will excel that is my believe.you can say anything about suarez but he is still liverpools no1 striker.for torres get back on your fit and fight for your place we still love you.

    0 0

    everything walks for good

  • teri

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    for me i think Suarez really deserves what E PL has accorded him.its not right to racially abuse another creation of God.

  • brian

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    well i think Suarez is being given that band because he is not from Europe because there are other cases of that nature that have not yet been looked upon but hey that politics for u

  • brian

    0 0

    well i think suarez is being that band because he is not from europe because there are other cases of that nature that have not yet been looked upon but hey that politics for u

  • G-blaze

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    Well any none lfc fan can call Suarez a racist simply cos he is not English and not playin 4 their teams. Lfc wil support suarez come rain come sunshine. As for Torres, i dnt xpect anythin less from a money chasin player. He shuld simply say d truth “d fear of Suarez is the begining of wisdom” he was only scared of bn benched by d Uruguay ace.

  • justus kurgat

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    torres need time to b in form

  • brain

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    Up torres up chelseafc, leverpool please get your self to top 4 before you talk to my world class striker Torres. He is playing champions lig ok. Chelsea dnt need any one from lever pool before he can start. Scoring goals ok!! Up chelseafc up my torres.

  • so tired of it

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    on the Suarez racist debate. Suarez’s grandfather is black.. the idea that he is racist is completely absurd! how can you be racist against your own family??? it does sadden me that fools like Mike, who clearly have no grasp of the facts, have labelled Suarez as a racist..

  • chris white

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    pls don’t full me. Racism is virus in the brain undicteted, but only surfaces when faced with opposition and challenge from person of another race or color. We all know that black people are inherently victims of racism, white people & other people from other race are doing everything possible ‘fighting and eradicating’ racism, but often in every sphere of the beautiful game, the evil ‘racism’ manifests. And do you know why it can’t be eradicated? No one accepts to be a racist! Match ban alone cannot defeat it.
    Torres should concetrate on picting form, we don’t want to know why or how he left liverpool 50mil says everything we need to know.
    Had it been everything worked out for him in chelsea as soon as he arived would we hear him complain? Let eat the money and give us better and more goals.

  • Ibrahm

    0 0

    Let Tores face his Chelsea carere. we are building new lfc nt the dog that wil stamp his piles that cant be useful by owner that he cant in foam. Why Evra behalf like baby he knew that Surez is our key point.

  • adnan

    0 0

    judas

  • klanks

    0 0

    i feel that fifa and other football governing bodies should take into consideration the many different cultures, languages and backgrounds that are involved in football today. the word suarez used in his country where is from would not carry the meaning that evra took it as. i feel that suarez was used as a stepping stone for the fa and fifa to put a stop to racism but they did not look at the effect that it is going to have on the players career. it was in no way justified that suarez racially abused evra as there was no intent. if the fa and fifa behave like this then seriously where is football going to end up. instead of looking at the players mouths they need to look at the people that they control and give controlling power to the “referees” as this is one of the worst refereeing seasons ever. YNWA

  • moses lewis

    0 0

    uttering some banned words does’t make u a racist,athoruogh investigation into your lifestyle needs to be made in order to label someone racist and there needs to be a string of uccurancess before reaching that sought after position called racist.

  • poob

    0 0

    agree with silent slayer but lets face it lampard and gerrard basically are even in skill and the way they play

  • Asanga Ralte

    0 0

    just go back to Liverpool My No. 9…….

  • silentslayer95

    0 0

    what torres has said is a load of cr*p. the reason he went to chelsea was for the money. but then i suppose that anyone would for an extra 100k a week. He was amazing during the 1st three seasons that he was with liverpool. His form in his last season dropped becasue he was having less games with Gerrard. If torres and gerrard were to start playing together agian. i bet that he will score. the only way that chelsea are going to get him scoring is by buying Gerrard, and lets face it that will never happen. chelsea will sell him back to liverpool for 20 million at end of this season.

    Suarez isnt a racist cuz in south america that word isnt offensive. Evra is just a big baby that gets offended by the smallest thing. no matter what liverpool will support suarez.

    Suarez – YNWA

  • lfc forever!

    0 0

    well said matt!

    Reds Forever!

  • Matt

    0 0

    Mike, your statement that Suarez has ‘been found guilty and is now a racist.’ is just the sort of narrow minded point of view that can ruin a person’s career. He ‘is now a racist.’ so your saying that he wasn’t before he was found guilty? Both the FA and more importantly Evra himself have both said they do not think Luis Suarez is a racist, he made some ill advised comments in the heat of competition. Racism is innordinately difficult to prove as the intent has to be there and the independant commission don’t believe there was racist intent, but do accept that the language used did cause offence to Patrice Evra. Suarez used language pertaining to Evra’s colour, i.e descriptive language. I am, shall we say, follically challenged and if someone called me ‘baldy’ it would offend me. I have friends who are overweight and who would be offended by being called ‘fatty’, friends with ginger hair who are offended by being called ‘gwa’ or ‘copper top’ etc. These are not seen as a problem as they do not have the race/sex/sexuallity connotations that are big news in the equal opportunities world. The crux of any abuse/discrimination/harassment case is the intent and the perception. Suarez may not have thought it would offend Evra but it did, he (and LFC) have accepted the ban, without appeal, despite some glaring problems with the impartiallity of, and processes used by, the commission and the match officials. They have done this to put an end to the issue and let everyone connected get on with their lives and thier football. LFC are right to back their player, they believe his side of the story and are supporting him. I have been falsely accused of being a racist before and without the support of my employer my career could have been ruined. The only thing Suarez could/should have done more is apologise to Patrice Evra saying that he didn’t mean to offend but if he has he is sorry.

  • mike

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    it doesnt matter if the club believes suarez , hes been found guilty and is now a racist.
    its a shame liverpool is coming out and defending him.

  • Justicez

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    Torres needs tym at d bridge “i believe he will soon b on form”

  • likita

    0 0

    notwitstanding i remain loyal as a liverpoo fansl. With suarez absence wd wil always defeat man-u.

  • likita

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    why does the court worried about racism.liverpool will excel no doubt.

  • steve LFC

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    luiz suarez remains adament that he did not racially abuse evra and the club have choose to take the word of their player.
    luiz suarez- YNWA

  • russ ru

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    i believe him. Liverpool seem to be wrong in other aspects too. To support suarez AFTER he was found guilty of racism really disappoints a lot of us. I will never look at liverpool in the same light ever again

  • russ ru

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    i believe him. Liverpool seem to be wrong in other aspects too. To support suarez AFTER he was found guilty of racism really disappoints a lot of us. I will never look at liverpool in the same light ever again

  • steve LFC

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    luiz suarez remains adament that he did not racially abuse evra and the club have choose to take the word of their player.
    luiz suarez- YNWA

  • likita

    0 0

    why does the court worried about racism.liverpool will excel no doubt.

  • likita

    0 0

    notwitstanding i remain loyal as a liverpoo fansl. With suarez absence wd wil always defeat man-u.

  • Justicez

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    Torres needs tym at d bridge “i believe he will soon b on form”

  • mike

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    it doesnt matter if the club believes suarez , hes been found guilty and is now a racist.
    its a shame liverpool is coming out and defending him.

  • Matt

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    Mike, your statement that Suarez has ‘been found guilty and is now a racist.’ is just the sort of narrow minded point of view that can ruin a person’s career. He ‘is now a racist.’ so your saying that he wasn’t before he was found guilty? Both the FA and more importantly Evra himself have both said they do not think Luis Suarez is a racist, he made some ill advised comments in the heat of competition. Racism is innordinately difficult to prove as the intent has to be there and the independant commission don’t believe there was racist intent, but do accept that the language used did cause offence to Patrice Evra. Suarez used language pertaining to Evra’s colour, i.e descriptive language. I am, shall we say, follically challenged and if someone called me ‘baldy’ it would offend me. I have friends who are overweight and who would be offended by being called ‘fatty’, friends with ginger hair who are offended by being called ‘gwa’ or ‘copper top’ etc. These are not seen as a problem as they do not have the race/sex/sexuallity connotations that are big news in the equal opportunities world. The crux of any abuse/discrimination/harassment case is the intent and the perception. Suarez may not have thought it would offend Evra but it did, he (and LFC) have accepted the ban, without appeal, despite some glaring problems with the impartiallity of, and processes used by, the commission and the match officials. They have done this to put an end to the issue and let everyone connected get on with their lives and thier football. LFC are right to back their player, they believe his side of the story and are supporting him. I have been falsely accused of being a racist before and without the support of my employer my career could have been ruined. The only thing Suarez could/should have done more is apologise to Patrice Evra saying that he didn’t mean to offend but if he has he is sorry.

  • lfc forever!

    0 0

    well said matt!

    Reds Forever!

  • silentslayer95

    0 0

    what torres has said is a load of cr*p. the reason he went to chelsea was for the money. but then i suppose that anyone would for an extra 100k a week. He was amazing during the 1st three seasons that he was with liverpool. His form in his last season dropped becasue he was having less games with Gerrard. If torres and gerrard were to start playing together agian. i bet that he will score. the only way that chelsea are going to get him scoring is by buying Gerrard, and lets face it that will never happen. chelsea will sell him back to liverpool for 20 million at end of this season.

    Suarez isnt a racist cuz in south america that word isnt offensive. Evra is just a big baby that gets offended by the smallest thing. no matter what liverpool will support suarez.

    Suarez – YNWA

  • Asanga Ralte

    0 0

    just go back to Liverpool My No. 9…….

  • poob

    0 0

    agree with silent slayer but lets face it lampard and gerrard basically are even in skill and the way they play

  • moses lewis

    0 0

    uttering some banned words does’t make u a racist,athoruogh investigation into your lifestyle needs to be made in order to label someone racist and there needs to be a string of uccurancess before reaching that sought after position called racist.

  • klanks

    0 0

    i feel that fifa and other football governing bodies should take into consideration the many different cultures, languages and backgrounds that are involved in football today. the word suarez used in his country where is from would not carry the meaning that evra took it as. i feel that suarez was used as a stepping stone for the fa and fifa to put a stop to racism but they did not look at the effect that it is going to have on the players career. it was in no way justified that suarez racially abused evra as there was no intent. if the fa and fifa behave like this then seriously where is football going to end up. instead of looking at the players mouths they need to look at the people that they control and give controlling power to the “referees” as this is one of the worst refereeing seasons ever. YNWA

  • adnan

    0 0

    judas

  • Ibrahm

    0 0

    Let Tores face his Chelsea carere. we are building new lfc nt the dog that wil stamp his piles that cant be useful by owner that he cant in foam. Why Evra behalf like baby he knew that Surez is our key point.

  • chris white

    0 0

    pls don’t full me. Racism is virus in the brain undicteted, but only surfaces when faced with opposition and challenge from person of another race or color. We all know that black people are inherently victims of racism, white people & other people from other race are doing everything possible ‘fighting and eradicating’ racism, but often in every sphere of the beautiful game, the evil ‘racism’ manifests. And do you know why it can’t be eradicated? No one accepts to be a racist! Match ban alone cannot defeat it.
    Torres should concetrate on picting form, we don’t want to know why or how he left liverpool 50mil says everything we need to know.
    Had it been everything worked out for him in chelsea as soon as he arived would we hear him complain? Let eat the money and give us better and more goals.

  • so tired of it

    0 0

    on the Suarez racist debate. Suarez’s grandfather is black.. the idea that he is racist is completely absurd! how can you be racist against your own family??? it does sadden me that fools like Mike, who clearly have no grasp of the facts, have labelled Suarez as a racist..

  • brain

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    Up torres up chelseafc, leverpool please get your self to top 4 before you talk to my world class striker Torres. He is playing champions lig ok. Chelsea dnt need any one from lever pool before he can start. Scoring goals ok!! Up chelseafc up my torres.

  • justus kurgat

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    torres need time to b in form

  • G-blaze

    0 0

    Well any none lfc fan can call Suarez a racist simply cos he is not English and not playin 4 their teams. Lfc wil support suarez come rain come sunshine. As for Torres, i dnt xpect anythin less from a money chasin player. He shuld simply say d truth “d fear of Suarez is the begining of wisdom” he was only scared of bn benched by d Uruguay ace.

  • brian

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    well i think suarez is being that band because he is not from europe because there are other cases of that nature that have not yet been looked upon but hey that politics for u

  • brian

    0 0

    well i think Suarez is being given that band because he is not from Europe because there are other cases of that nature that have not yet been looked upon but hey that politics for u

  • teri

    0 0

    for me i think Suarez really deserves what E PL has accorded him.its not right to racially abuse another creation of God.

  • liverpool will excel that is my believe.you can say anything about suarez but he is still liverpools no1 striker.for torres get back on your fit and fight for your place we still love you.

    0 0

    everything walks for good

  • kubone

    0 0

    up liverpool and we will never walk alonea.
    a mistake had been made and the correction being taken so lets forget the past and face the future love lfc

  • Andrew

    0 0

    I’d be interested to hear more of the Torres story. Anyone can say “the club lied” or “[the owners]made promises that they didn’t keep”, but what were these lies and promises?

    Perhaps saying “I didn’t have time to be part of a project that would take years” is closer to the real reason. Liverpool’s owners may want to rebuild the team, but not all in one year. Torres wants instant success, and that meant joining a club with bottomless pockets. So Chelsea or City.

  • rockstar

    0 0

    chelsea is liverpool’s dumping ground…………

  • akoria lawrence

    0 0

    Torres need to stay focus and prove himself to chelsea and spain and let them no dat he can be the no 9 again, and forget about liverpool and their promises, every of you should go back and watch that match again, you will have a clear view of the disagreement between both players,suares should learn from his mistake and the judgment of the f.a is good, because it will serve as warnin to other players with such attitude.

  • philip

    0 0

    mr rockstar, i would real appreciate if u keep ur dirty hands off the keyboard.

  • tiger boy

    0 0

    the club which was sweet for torres is liverpol only because of a brilliant man who knows how to use torres very well….i m talking about steven gerrard who knows lfc strategies…..torres suppose to take example from lionel messi of barcelona..iniesta and xavi knows how to use him like gerrard to torres previously..its now difficult for him to be back in the form even though only time can tell….dalglish must force eden hazads signature next season to

  • Luis AJAK

    0 0

    whatever idiots called Luiz, He will still be th football containery. only the best in Euro, Liverpool fc blood………………………………………………

  • Tope ologunagba

    0 0

    It is really bad 4 everybody at dis stage of d league. Everyone is trying hard 2 justify y they did what they did, pause look at it like dis we have d worst goal ratio 4 a season (as far as i can remember) Carroll is as useful as a dead criple, we are miles away 4rm top 4 finish and i don’t see any player coming 2 liverpool dat have a top class name e.g cavani, messi or villa without we in champions league next season, not 2 forget dat our team is filled with average players.

    Let tell ourself d truth d managment and player are not playing their parts

    well, until we find ourself in d championship then we have d common sense to start working toward succeeding.

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