Fernando Torres has said that Spanish midfielders David Silva and Juan Mata are extremely crucial to the quality of the match between Manchester City and Chelsea on Wednesday night.
Manchester City will be hosting Chelsea at the Etihad stadium looking to do what Chelsea did to them earlier in the season at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has said that he is extremely delighted with the support he has received from Chelsea fans so far.
Fernando Torres has been one of the greatest disappointments in the last decade. The Chelsea striker cost £ 50 million on the deadline day of the last January transfer window.
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has said that he is still not sure why he is unable to find the goals. The £ 50 million striker moved from Liverpool last January and he has been a figure of isolation since then.
So far, he has scored only three league goals this season, and this is not the kind of return owner Roman Abramovich would have been hoping when he sanctioned the huge bid for the striker.
The Spaniard was initially lacking in fitness when he arrived at Chelsea, but he is certainly not capable of blaming fitness for his recent troubles.
Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas believes that the self belief of Fernando Torres is returning slowly and that it is only a matter of time before he starts scoring goals that made him a household name in England after his arrival from Spanish club Atletico Madrid.
The 33 year old manager has been mixing freely with the misfiring star and is trying to bring Torres out of his shell, which he appears to have been in ever since his arrived at Stamford Bridge for a British record £ 50 million transfer fee from Liverpool on deadline day last January.
Chelsea’s Spanish winger Juan Mata has said that Fernando Torres is the right striker for the club.
Fernando Torres has struggled for both fitness and form since moving from Liverpool in a £ 50 million deal, which made him the most expensive British transfer of all time, last January. So far, he has managed less than ten league goals, which is something that Mata is close to achieving.
Fernando Torres has spoken about his reasons for moving away from Liverpool to Chelsea in the January transfer window of 2011.
Fernando Torres became the British transfer record after signing for Chelsea in a £50 million each back in January 2011. He was signed on the final day of the transfer window, but he has not exactly covered himself in glory since.
Fernando Torres arrived in a £ 50 million deal – record transfer for a British club, which has always been his major stumbling block. So far, he has not been able to deliver for Chelsea. His poor goal return of just three goals from 20 matches does not speak volumes about the quality that he has always possessed. Slowly, but surely, he seems to be coming back to form.
Even though he was not involved in the Premier League match against Liverpool from the start, Fernando Torres hopes that he will be part of the first-team that takes on Liverpool in the Carling cup on Tuesday.
Raul Meireles believes that fernando orres is about to hit a rich vein of form, with the Spanish striker being backed to start hitting the headlines for the right reasons, instead of the wrong ones!
Torres has struggled to settle at Stamford Bridge over the first few months at Chelsea, but his goals against Manchester United and Tottenham confirmed that he is back to being sharp infront of goal – something Raul Merieles appreciates.
“It’s good for him and good for the team to have him available,” Meireles told the club’s official website.
Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea paid more than they should have done in buying Fernando Torres from Liverpool for £50million last month.
Torres, 26, made the controversial switch from Anfield to Stamford Bridge at the end of the January transfer window after frantic speculation.
Daniel Agger believes it is unfair to make Fernando Torres the scapegoat for Liverpool’s poor form during the first half of the season, according to the Free Football Bets website.
Agger claims it was difficult for Torres to shine for the Reds because the entire team was off colour before his £50million move to Chelsea, but he has confidence in Andy Carroll to make an impact as his replacement when fit to start playing after his £35million switch from Newcastle.