Fernando Torres has delivered the final blow to Chelsea’s hopes of signing him by paying a remarkable tribute to his Liverpool team-mates in the wake of Spain’s Euro 2008 triumph.
Manager Rafa Benitez and co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett had already done their utmost to deter Chelsea after Sportsmail revealed Roman Abramovich was ready to sanction a £40million-plus record bid for Liverpool’s leading marksman.
The official line from Anfield still needed Torres’s endorsement, though, and Chelsea were clinging to the hope that Abramovich’s vast fortune might yet turn his head.
They will surely have to abandon their bold plan after Liverpool’s £21m record buy dedicated his brilliant winning goal against Germany in Vienna on Sunday to everyone at Anfield.
In a gesture that underlined his feeling for Liverpool, after just one season there, Torres took time off from celebrating in Spain’s dressing room to send text messages to friends and team-mates on Merseyside, thanking them for helping him land his first major trophy. More...
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