When Fernando Torres joined
Chelsea from Liverpool for £50
million, many expected great
things from the Premier League's
record signing.
Unfortunately, the only nickname
he has received since joining the
Stamford Bridge outfit in January
2011 is the '£50 million flop'.
The main reason for this is the fact
that he has only scored 14 goals
in his 74 games for Chelsea. Since
selling Didier Drogba, Chelsea have
had a bit of trouble getting a
striker to score goals and Frank
Lampard currently tops the scoring
charts for Chelsea with 12 goals in
the Premier League compared to
Torres' seven.
The reasons for redemption?
Torres' goals in the Champions
and Europa Leagues. The Spanish
international striker put the final
nail in Barcelona's coffin by
scoring in the 90th minute to
ensure Chelsea went through to
the Champions League final last
season, beating Bayern Munich on
penalties to be crowned
champions.
A very similar event happened
against Steaua Bucharest this
season, when Torres scored in the
71st minute to play his part in
securing Chelsea's passage into
the next round, even if he did miss
a penalty 15 minutes later.
The truth is, however many vital
goals he scores, Chelsea need
someone who is consistent and
Torres isn't that guy. Having said
that, it seems that the goal and
kick to the nose against Steaua
Bucharest had him pumped up for
the last 20 minutes of the game,
and that was arguably the best 20
minutes we've seen from Torres
since he joined the west London
side.
Has this sparked the return of a
once unstoppable striker? Torres'
performance at Southampton on
Saturday suggests otherwise, but
we need to give him a second
chance to see if he's capable of
returning to the form that
prompted Chelsea's mega-rich
Russian owner Roman Abramovich
to rubber stamp a £50m move to
lure him from Liverpool.
What do you guys think? Do the
important goals outweigh Torres'
lack of consistency and failure to
find the net on a regular basis? Or
should Abramovich look to sell 'El
Nino' in the summer after a
disappointing stint in the capital?
Only time will tell.
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