Chelsea may have to offer
Fernando Torres back to Athletico Madrid if they are to finally land
striker Radamel Falcao, according to the Daily Star.
The European champions have been long
linked with the prolific Columbian hitman and were thought to be lining
up a £45m bid this January. However, the Star claims that Athletico Madrid would prefer a player swap deal involving Spanish striker Fernando Torres.
Torres scored 91 goals in 243 appearances for the La Liga outfit during a six year stint in Spain before leaving for Liverpool
in 2007. After another successful spell at Anfield where he scored 81
goals in 142 games, Torres made a £50m move to Stamford Bridge in 2011.
However, the 28-year-old has failed to
settle in London and has struggled to replicate his past form leading to
question marks over his futre.
Madrid realise they are going to
struggle to hang on to goal-scoring machine Falcao and have been looking
at potential replacements, with Manchester United
striker Javier Hernandez linked. But as Chelsea prepare to make their
interest in Falcao official, Athletico have set their sights on former
star Torres and would demand the Spaniard as part of a player-plus-cash
deal.
Manchester City
and Paris Saint Germain are both monitoring Falcao’s situation but the
Blues would be in pole position if they were to offer a ready-made
replacement in Torres.
It would be interesting to see how much
Madrid would expect as well as Torres if a deal was discussed No doubt
his stock has fallen dramatically since the Blues forked out £50m for
him nearly two years ago, and with Falcao rated at almost the same
price, it looks like Abramovich is going to have to sign
another sizable cheque if he is to land one of the world’s deadliest
strikers this January.
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