Originally Posted by
scientificred
Don't see why selling Torres was a mistake.
He was messing about in that last season with us
I remember seeing Carragher yelling at him about his movement (or lack of it) and Torres gesturing back at him.
He wanted off and also seemed past his best owing to injury or otherwise
Torres stats
Liverpool
07-09 116 appearances 72 goals, fantastic
10-11 26 appearances 9 goals, mediocre
Chelsea
172 appearances 45 goals, poor
Atletico Madrid
150 appearances 37 goals, poor
Kenny sold him end of Jan for £50m and also sold Babel for £5.8m who was poor
In came Suarez £22.8m and Andy Carroll £35m
Carrolls stats
Newcastle
09-11 62 appearances 30 goals
Fell off a seat or something like that at time of signing and so got injured for quite a spell upon joining - not good!
I thought Kenny spent a lot of effort developing Carroll but it just never worked out - when he appeared to be coming good Kenny never seemed to pick him regularly.
Signed for Liverpool at age 22
Appearances 58 goals 11
Now aged 31 with total career stats of
appearances 322 goals 79
I had no problem with selling Torres, he just wasn't interested and obviously wanted a move. My issue was who was brought in to replace him.
If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just put it in the net, and we'll talk about the other options later... Bob Paisley.
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