Fernando Torres Saga - Will he, Won't he ???

Like the vast majority of Liverpool fans, I'd love to see him in a Liverpool shirt, however, therein lies something of a problem for us...

Realistically we're looking at north of £27 million for Fernando Torres, which is almost double the club record for a signing !!
Most people will try and argue that we're now cash rich thanks to the influx of the Americans (Gillet & Hicks) but the fact remains is that they've never stated how much cash will be made available for transfer funds, plus they're also trying to finance the building of the new stadium.

Should Liverpool go all out and make Torres their first major signing it could set a dangerous precedent in that all other clubs will look at us and believe we're cash rich and subsequently raise their price tags beyond what they would have done and what we can probably afford !

The Torres saga will play out over the next few months regardless of any input from Liverpool.
For now we need to be more pragmatic about getting several quality players (for less than half the price of Torres), which is what I hope to be Rafa's approach. Better off focusing on them first and not give the impression of us having a bottomless transfer kitty !.

A lot of people seem to be making noise about how he sported a captains armband recently with "You'll never walk alone" written on the reverse, but money talks louder than words and this player is heavily coveted by Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal (should Henry leave) and they can all probably out bid us if they want to !!

However, given Atletico's reluctance to part with Torres, it could fall to Luis Garcia to be the makeweight which convinces Atletico to part with their captain in favour of us over the Chelsea etc