I Love Fernando Torres

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has ruled out leaving the club in the summer and has said that he wants to stay with the Premier league outfit for three more years. Torres has stated that he has a contract with the 2012 European champions for three more years and he wants to see it out. The former Liverpool striker has been widely linked with a move away from the club after failing to recapture his form from the Anfield days. He has been a major disappointment, as his goal ratio of a goal per three games has been deemed too good for £ 50 million.

Torres, though, has been showing signs of returning to his former glory days, as there have been several periods where he has looked very good. The striker is expected to play in the Europa league semi-final match against FC Basel. This will be his third game in the last seven days, but he has said that he is very much looking forward to stepping out on the pitch. Torres has managed to find the back of the net in three of the last four European matches. He has said that the prospect of winning the Europa league is keeping the club going amidst a lot of negativity.

“I have many things still to give to this club. I have three more years contract so I expect to stay at least three years. We won the Champions League last season. Hopefully we can win the Europa League. It is our priority as well as finishing in the top four [of the Premier League]. We want to go back to the Champions League next season and keep winning trophies. We are sure that we are a great team and we want to show everyone. I would like to be involved,” said Torres.

After failing to make it into the starting 11 for the match against Newcastle United, the £ 50 million striker Fernando Torres is expected to be included in the starting line-up against the Europa league opponents Sparta Prague. The Chelsea into the manager Rafael Benitez has previously stated that the Europa league is an important competition for the team, and they will be looking to win this tournament for the first time. Chelsea could become the first club to win the Europa league followed by their Champions League success. They will also become the fifth team in the history of European football to have lifted all the trophies from UEFA.

The January signing Demba Ba did not play against Wigan during the weekend as a result of broken nose suffered while playing against his former club Newcastle United. He will be available for selection in the Europa league because he is cup tied. This means that Fernando Torres will be the only fit striker for Benitez to choose from his squad. However, Torres will not be in the starting line-up just because he is the fit striker according to Benitez, who has praised the way the 28-year-old Spaniard has been performing in training over the last few days.

“In the last two training sessions he was doing really well, good finishing, happy, sharp. It might have been easier for me to play Demba Ba, but with his problem (broken nose) I said as he is training well, I will give minutes to Fernando,” said the manager. Torres will be coming into the starting line-up with a lot of pressure on him to score. He has managed just one goal in his last 12 appearances. The solitary goal came against League One opposition in the form of Brentford in the FA Cup.

The Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez has criticised the critics of the Spaniard Fernando Torres by saying that they are extremely clueless. The Spaniard Fernando Torres has been subjected to intense criticism in the last few weeks after failing to find the back of the net on a regular basis. The former Atletico Madrid and Liverpool man was a £ 50 million signing almost 22 months ago. However, he has managed just 14 Premier league goals during this period, while his time for the same number of goals with Liverpool was just six months. However, Benitez has said that people fail to see the situation behind Torres not scoring regularly.

Since the arrival of Benitez, there was a slight improvement in the form of the striker only for it to dip once again quite alarmingly. The striker has not found the back of the net for almost a month. His last goal came in the 8-0 victory over Aston Villa. The departure of Daniel Sturridge left Torres as the only striker at the club. This increased workload meant that Torres had to play every game for Chelsea without a rest until the arrival of Demba Ba from Newcastle United for £ 7 million. The Senegalese striker has already scored three goals for the club.

“Fernando was doing a great job. Afterwards, Demba gave us something we didn’t have before. These people who like to quote stats and stats, they don’t have any clue about what is going on. When you have one striker for a month and a half and cannot change, it’s more difficult for the striker. When you have now two strikers, you can manage,” said the Chelsea manager after the Arsenal match. Torres once again failed to find the back of the net in the 2-1 win over Arsenal during the weekend.

The Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has said that he is extremely happy to be playing under his former manager at Liverpool – Rafa Benitez. Chelsea recently appointed the former Liverpool manager as a replacement for Roberto di Matteo, who lost his job after recent run of poor results. After initially failing to make substantial changes to the team, Benitez has achieved two consecutive victories in which Torres has become the main attraction. In the wins over Nordsjaelland and Sunderland, Torres has scored four goals. Chelsea have also scored nine goals in these two matches, as they have returned to form in the most emphatic manner.

Fernando Torres has also returned to form after he has found the back of the net following a gap of more than 12 hours. It has been a long time since Torres has scored four goals in two matches. This poor run of form has seen Chelsea change three managers, as they search for a man who could get the best out of the Spaniard. Now, they finally seem to have got it in the form of Benitez after Torres admitted that he loves playing under the Spaniard. Torres has also said that Benitez has made subtle changes to the way Chelsea play and it suits him more than before.

“We are playing a bit differently. We don’t pass the ball as much as we did before in the final third of the pitch and we try to play more direct and explode the players forward with Victor Moses or me or Eden Hazard on the left. We are using the quality of Oscar or Mata in the middle and we are attacking more and making more chances. We are working as a team, as we did in the beginning of the season with Robbie,” said Torres.