personal player football: Steven Gerrard and Torres

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Steven Gerrard and Torres

The pillars of strength of Liverpool seem to be missing one by one. After Fernando Torres, the captain, Steven Gerrard, may also leaves the Anfield. Torres has changed the red costume of Liverpool to blue costume of Chelsea with a record as the most expensive transfer in English.

Now, the team mate of Torres, Gerrard, threatens to follow in his footsteps.

In the land of Spain, the movement of Torres is seen by the coach of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, as a great opportunity to get Gerrard. Mourinho confidents that Gerrard will feel lost after left by his team mate which had been the dynamic duo of the Reds.

According to Sport, if Mourinho stays in Real, he will press the President Florentino Perez to get Gerrard in the summer transfer market, June 2011. Mourinho has long pursuit of Gerrard. In fact, since The Special One was still the manager of Chelsea in era of 2004-2007.

Now, the opportunity of Mou to realize its dream opens again as the sale of Torres. With Gerrard (30 years) who is at the end of his career and needs to take the League championship trophy that had never gotten in Liverpool, the chance of Mourinho is greater now.

After successfully convincing the President Florentino brought Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City, Mourinho has felt the influence of the transfer policy of El Real. Now, he hopes to convince El Presidente to bring Gerrard in order to minimize the power gap with arch rivals Barcelona in the next season.

Mourinho believes Gerrard is ‘just’ appreciated y Liverpool in the range of € 30 million. And it is not a problem for El Real that had ever brought Cristiano Ronaldo to the transfer of 94 million euro in the summer of 2009.