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| Torres with the Champions League Trophy (Image: thisislondon.co.uk) |
Fernando Torres has revealed he will open talks with Chelsea
in relation to his future at the club after he revealed he is unhappy at the
way he has been treated this season. This comes after Torres missed out
starting in the Champions League Final, which he described as “one of the
biggest disappointments of his career”.
But should the Spaniard have the right to be unhappy? Torres
was signed back in January 2011, and the 2011-2012 has been his first full
season with the blues, making 51 appearances and scoring just 11. In addition
to this, Torres endured a 25-hour goal drought, infamously ending it with a
brace against Leicester City in the FA Cup.
It has been clear that his £50 million price-tag had profoundly
affected his confidence on the pitch, which is shown by the immense
goal-drought he suffered. Quite rightly, because of his poor form he has missed
many of Chelsea’s key games in the league and Champions League, with Didier
Drogba and Saloman Kalou being the preferred alternatives.
Nonetheless, since ending his goal-drought Torres has begun
to look more and more like his former self, in particular the hat-trick he
scored against QPR would have given him a massive confidence boost, not to
mention the decisive goal away at Barcelona.
So why was he omitted from the starting eleven against
Bayern Munich? It’s clear that the main reason for his unhappiness was missing
out on selection, and I believe he has every right to feel aggrieved for missing
out. He is in my opinion a far better player and would have added something
extra to the side than youngster Ryan Bertrand and hapless Saloman Kalou, who I
was shocked to see start the game. Kalou I believe is not of sufficient quality
to be starting such a huge match; the biggest game in the Chelsea’s history.
Furthermore, would you pay £50 million for a striker who is
finding form to sit on the bench? Though he has made numerous appearances and
in those not reaching the heights that warrant the huge price tag he has been
burdened with, and though he is at a club that has won him the biggest club
competition in the world, I do believe Torres needs to discuss his future
before he risks being stereotyped as a mega-money flop, and find himself more
often than not, on the substitutes bench.
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