Chelsea ready to take £20m for Torres
Chelsea are ready to take a £30million bath on Fernando Torres and sell the striker in January, Mirror Football says, citing a report.
The Daily Mail claims the Blues initially wanted to loan the out-of-form ex-Liverpool hero out in the hope he'd rediscover his scoring touch, but are now prepared to let him go altogether for around £20m.
Less than a year ago, the Londoners, then managed by Carlo Ancelotti, paid a British record £50m to bring Torres to Stamford Bridge.
Ancelotti was fired at the end of last season and Torres, who has scored just three league goals for Chelsea, has failed to win a place in the side under new boss Andre Villas-Boas.