UNITED LINKED WITH FRESH TORRES RAID
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Manchester United will sign Spain striker Fernando Torres for £26million in the summer, according to the Daily Star.
The Red Devils have long been linked with the highly-rated Atletico Madrid frontman and speculation of a move to Old Trafford intensified in the summer after Ruud van Nistelrooy left to join Atletico's city rivals Real.
The 22-year-old Torres, who has also been heavily linked with Chelsea, moved to head off the reports by signing a one-year contract extension with Atletico.
But it is now claimed Sir Alex Ferguson has agreed to make a down-payment of £5million in a bid to beat Chelsea to the signing of Torres, who netted four goals at the World Cup.
The striker - nicknamed 'El Nino' - had a buy-out clause worth £41million in his contract however Atletico have reportedly dropped the price because of United's 'show of faith' and his apparent desire to move to Old Trafford.
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hope so. he's currently spanish hottest sensation!
another up-and-coming player is jesus navas frm sevilla. He's a playmaker who can also play as a winger.
man u should really buy the czech dm tomas sivok from spartak moscow. He is keane-esque.
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after the so heated up rumours of him coming to old trafford last market transfer, i will not believe too much about news about him until he official holds a man utd jersey in a press conference..
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Hargreaves more viable option now.
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they are simply trying to sell more newspapers ba. im skeptical he is coming
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LOL Bontakun since World Cup until now still haven't give up your Kaka ah? HahaOriginally posted by Bontakun:Hargreaves more viable option now.
And............ Kaka~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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sportscenter said they paid a US$5million downpayment on him already
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yea i just saw sportscenter, the total deal is said to be worth around 50m.
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50M? only Chelsea got that much of money to burn and waste...
hopefully torres signing a new contract to get his buyout clause lowered is because of signing on with MUFC. -
This rumour could be true i think... cos Fergie knows he will need another top striker soon and Saha is always quite injury prone and his game depends alot on speed and now he is already 28 yrs old... So it would be a good time to bring in another striker so as to give him time to get use to the EPL first... and also Torres himself is keen to join united and Fergie seems to like Torres.
What is 26m for a top striker of Torres's class today? To be real, i think 26m is a ok price when you look at his skill and his age... Chelsea paid 30.8m for shev and he won't have any returns, Torres still has a sell-off price even after playing for 6 to 7 yrs...
Considering that man u suppose to have 20m for this season budget plus the Rvn money 10.5m plus the John guy to chelsea 12m... They have 42.5m transfer fund and they only spent at present 14m for Carrick and 2.5m on a keeper... So they still left with exactly 26m... and they will still have money for Owen Hargreaves as Torres's money will be considered as money brought forward from last years...
If he does join, that would be really cool man... with Rooney, Ronaldo & Torres all between the age of 21 to 23 only... leading the attack! -
yeah it will be great!
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Atletico Madrid skipper Fernando Torres has told Revista Manchester United DID try to sign him in the summer.
United, who sold their No. 1 striker Ruud van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid, were hot on the Spanish golden boy, but so were his current employers - and the feeling was mutual.
Torres could have left the Vicente Calderon and made millions in the process but instead he agreed a 12-month contract extension in a bid to ward off a host of Europe's top clubs - for now.
Both the player and his club accept he will leave eventually - certainly before his contract is up in 2009 - and Sir Alex Ferguson is said to be in pole position to claim his signature.
But Torres is in no rush to go and has made it clear he will only depart when it is convenient for all parties involved, which means Fergie and everybody else will have to wait.
"Well, there was interest (from United) and when there is interest it gets put to Atletico," the 22-year-old said. "They are the ones who have the last word and I don't know anymore about it.
"I know other players have gone to Italy and England. But I told the club they were the ones who had to decide if they wanted to keep me or not.
"After the World Cup many teams came in for me but this is a way to show the trust that exists between the club and myself. This should calm things down and hopefully this year nobody will talk about my future."
The darling of the Atletico faithful, Torres, who came up through the youth ranks, has been the club's leading scorer in each of the last four seasons and is without a doubt their prize asset.
He had been tracked by a host of sides over the summer, with AC and Inter Milan, Spurs and United all putting serious offers on the table, but still he and Atletico could not be parted.
In fact, with millions of pounds just a signature away, he was more than happy to commit himself to coach Javier Aguirre's plans and their relatively modest short-term ambition - European football. -
I doubt this deal will go through cos Atletico would certainly wan more money from United.
However, a United attack front with Carrick, Scholes, Ronaldo and Giggs combined with Rooney and Torres is too good to be true.
Come to United Torres!
And Kaka too. (*supports Bontakun)
Cheers.
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Atletico Madrid have once again told Manchester United that Fernando Torres is not for sale.
The 22 year-old Spaniard admitted that the Old Trafford club showed an interest in him during the summer, leading to fresh speculation that Sir Alex Ferguson had made a £5million down-payment to sign the player at the end of the season.
However, these reports have angered Atletico sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch who told Sky Sports: ""We are tired of this question.
"Atletico is a club that doesn't speak about rumours, but I insist that we have not received any proposition from United or any other club in recent times for Torres.
"For us this subject is closed. El Nino is our player and has just signed a contract with Atletico for a long time and it is our intention not to sell him."
Torres, who scored three goals at the World Cup for Spain, has been linked with a host of clubs in the past, including Chelsea and AC Milan.
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Haiz.. no to speculation.. yes to substance.. can Man U directors juz get their butts off get tt fella..
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newspaper wanna earn money?