Wow. What a week. Liverpool giveth and Liverpool taketh.
First, they began by signing the 22-year old former Newcastle United striker, Andy Carroll, for a then-record $56.2 million deal. What a way to make a splash by signing a young player such as Carroll for that “large lump sum.” Hey, they are a club not accustomed to struggling the way they are this season (7th place in standings), so why not make a change? I don’t know much about Carroll as Newcastle isn’t on American TV much, but he better be worth that moolah he just pocketed.
Next, they give away the struggling, disgruntled — though normally fantastic — goal scorer and World Cup winner, Fernando Torres, over to arch rival Chelsea…for the NEW record transfer fee at an eye-popping price of $80.3 million. Hopefully, Bob Barker will be somewhere with his awesomely skinny microphone screaming out “The price IS right!” along with Torres.
What’s scary for Man City (who is struggling to stay afloat with the big boys at the top of the standings recently) is the new combo up top of Didier Drogba and Torres for Chelsea. Really? If Torres can catch fire and roll the way he was last season for Liverpool, they could seriously cause extreme havoc and romp any team in their path. Let’s not forget the haters, though, who is Liverpool defender, Martin Skrtel.
Fox Soccer Channel (@SoccerNews) tweeted that Skrtel believes Torres will soon regret his move.
Enough with the hater-ade. Below is the goal scorer at his best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRMnBjcZLEHey, hey, hey! We’re not done yet! Because Liverpool’s not done yet.
Just before pleasing Torres with his transfer, the club signed Uruguayan sensation, Luis Suarez, from the Dutch club, Ajax, for $31.4 million. This amount was the second-largest signing for Liverpool in its rich history.
Can you guess who was first? (Hint: He just left Liverpool.)
The club is starting anew (kind of) and they needed to make changes if they want to keep fighting for a spot in the upcoming Champions League.
The only thing that stopped them from splurging some more was that the transfer window closed at the end of January.
