Fernando Torres is now a Chelsea player... But how good can this news be to a loyal Liverpool fan? Well actually, the burning of jerseys, death threats, and attacks on his Facebook Page are what follow.
Torres switched to Chelsea yesterday, on January 31, following a £50million offer from the Blues. Speaking to Chelsea TV about his “dream move”, the striker said: "I'm so, so happy and so, so proud to be here.
“(...) At the end of the day, I can say I'm a Chelsea player and I'm really, really happy. This is the kind of team I like to play against because that motivates me, but it is the kind of team I want to play for.
“It is always very tough playing against Chelsea. It is one of the biggest teams in Europe, always fighting for everything.
"So, after this, there are no more steps forward... This is the top level; the target for every footballer is to try and play at one of the top-level clubs in the world, and I can do it now.
“I have to be very, very happy as I am. The last three or four days have been very hard for me, especially after everything I have lived in Liverpool.”
So, he is happy, while Liverpool fans—previously his fans—are fuming. On the streets of Merseyside, angry supporters burnt Torres’ No.9 replica jerseys, yesterday night. The Spaniard also received death threats, while he saw his official Facebook Page get filled with tons of bad wishes, and insults.
A comment read: “You’ll never walk alive”, while another Liverpool fan wrote: “Get Lost!!!!!!!” Another member of the Reds’ family chose to be blunt, and wrote: “S**PID TORRES!”
In any case, it goes without saying that the majority of his followers express extreme dislike toward his move. Certainly, what raises the intensity of the public’s reaction is the identity of his new club Chelsea, who are obviously Liverpool’s long-time archrivals.
“(...) At the end of the day, I can say I'm a Chelsea player and I'm really, really happy. This is the kind of team I like to play against because that motivates me, but it is the kind of team I want to play for.
“It is always very tough playing against Chelsea. It is one of the biggest teams in Europe, always fighting for everything.
"So, after this, there are no more steps forward... This is the top level; the target for every footballer is to try and play at one of the top-level clubs in the world, and I can do it now.
“I have to be very, very happy as I am. The last three or four days have been very hard for me, especially after everything I have lived in Liverpool.”
So, he is happy, while Liverpool fans—previously his fans—are fuming. On the streets of Merseyside, angry supporters burnt Torres’ No.9 replica jerseys, yesterday night. The Spaniard also received death threats, while he saw his official Facebook Page get filled with tons of bad wishes, and insults.
A comment read: “You’ll never walk alive”, while another Liverpool fan wrote: “Get Lost!!!!!!!” Another member of the Reds’ family chose to be blunt, and wrote: “S**PID TORRES!”
In any case, it goes without saying that the majority of his followers express extreme dislike toward his move. Certainly, what raises the intensity of the public’s reaction is the identity of his new club Chelsea, who are obviously Liverpool’s long-time archrivals.
