As I sit here tonight - Transfer Deadline Day - I'm a mix of emotions. Torres going, Suarez signed and Carroll due in. Followers of the Reds probably know that this started on Thursday/Friday of last week with Chelsea making a bid for Nando. His transfer request was just the delaying ploy from Liverpool to see if he could be quickly replaced. I believe that had Andy Carroll not wanted to come, that Torres would never have been allowed to leave, no matter what the offer. But it is what it is.
I'm not too disappointed with what we've got today - two strikers instead of one for a net spend of just under £8m. I can live with that. Torres hasn't wanted to be at Anfield since the summer and his performances, attitude and body language have shown that. For me, it's just been bad timing. He came to win trophies and that clearly hasn't happened. However, I won't miss the international breaks where he always seemed to come back injured. He'll have competition for his place at Chelsea and play in a very different system, but I guess we'll find that out when we go to the Bridge next Sunday. I can only wish him well and thank him for his time here and remind myself of the times that Liverpool had success in replacing their best players and continued to win.
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