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According to reports in Spain, members of City's owners, the Abu Dhabi United Group, met with Torres' advisors within the past fortnight, hoping to complete a move when the January transfer window opens.

Spanish daily Marca claims City have offered to double Torres' current wages in an effort to prise the highly-rated striker away from Anfield.

Such a deal would certainly eclipse the £32.5 million British transfer record that brought Robinho to Eastlands from Real Madrid.

For the time being, though, Torres has insisted he is happy to stay at Anfield, with five years left to run on his contract.

The 24-year-old is aware of City's interest, but has instructed his agents to immediately rebuff any bid from a rival Premier League club.

And City officials have dismissed suggestions that they are planning a swoop for Torres.

Sulaiman al-Fahim, the Abu Dhabi billionaire who orchestrated Sheik mansour's £210m takeover of City last month, has confessed he is a big fan of the Spain international, but a club spokesman said: "At no time has any Manchester City offical, or anybody representing the club, contacted Fernando Torres, his representatives or Liverpool Football Club."

Last weekend, Torres scored two goals to help Liverpool retain their position at the top of the Premier League, level on points with Chelsea.

Rafa Benitez's men came back from two goals down to defeat 10-man City 3-2 at Eastlands, maintaining the club's fantastic start to the season and underlining Torres' status as one of the best strikers in the world.

Labels: Fernando Torres, Liverpool, Manchester City, Premiership

The Liverpool manager fears that the takeover at City by people close to the ruling family of the oil rich emirate of Abu Dhabi will inevitably force transfer fees up, making the task of securing top level players that much harder for teams like Liverpool attempting to mount a serious title challenge.

Liverpool had a relatively quiet summer on the transfer front despite paying around £20 million for Tottenham striker Robbie Keane and a protracted, and ultimately unsuccessful, pursuit of Gareth Barry.

Addressing expectations that the arrival of Keane could prove the catalyst for Liverpool to be crowned champions for the first time since 1990, Benitez was eager to stress that other teams in the division had spent big, and warned that City may do so again in January.

"Our supporters need to know we are trying to do our best," said Benitez.

"We spent £20 million on Torres. We spent £20 million on Keane so now people say we have to win.

"United has spent £20 million on Nani; £20 million on Hargeaves; £18 million on Carrick; £30 million on Rooney before that and £30 million on Ferdinand before - some of these players are on the bench.

"It is important to understand that it is not easy to win the title."

Benitez went on to highlight that Aston Villa, too, have spent big this term, further strengthening the competition at the top of the table, but refuted the idea that the biggest spenders will naturally be the ones to take the trophies.

"You cannot just win the title by spending money but Chelsea won for two years spending big, big money," he said. "Afterwards Manchester United won spending lots of money too.

"If we are talking about spending money then maybe Manchester City will win the title this year.

"It is not just a question of money but if you have more money it is easier. If you don't have too much money, you must do the job as best you can.

"If we are talking now, maybe they [Manchester City] need time but if we talk in January maybe they will buy five players...then you never know.

"But it is not just a question of 'I will invest more and I will win'. You cannot guarantee anything."

On a dramatic final day of the transfer window news leaked that Manchester City had made a £45 million bid for Liverpool's Fernando Torres, a suggestion the Liverpool manager insisted he had no knowledge of.

Labels: Liverpool, Premiership, Rafael Benitez, transferências

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Para grandes nomes como Benfica, Sevilha, Lazio, Liverpool, Arsenal, Bremen, Celtic ou Ajax, falhar é estrondoso fracasso e é com essa pressão que contam os menos famosos nesta última eliminatória de acesso à Champions. Millionaire Mate - Click here!

A margem de erro está reduzida a zero. Entram em acção os emblemas dos mais fortes campeonatos e a separá-las dos cerca de sete milhões que arrecadam em média as equipas que participam na fase de grupos da Liga dos Campeões estão dois jogos de extrema importância. Há que ultrapassar 180 minutos de futebol e afastar representantes de países sem ranking para entrar em competição somente nesta fase avançada, mas prontinhos para surpreender e conquistar direito a entrar na roda dos gigantes. Millionaire Mate - Click here!

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O Valência de Caneira e Miguel recebe os suecos do Elfsborg e é imensa a confiança dos espanhóis. Mais complicada é a tarefa de Lucas, já que o Estrela Vermelha tem como adversário o Rangers. Grande favoritismo para os escoceses. Millionaire Mate - Click here!

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E ai está! Liverpool elimina Chelsea da final da Liga dos Campeões pela segunda vez. José Mourinho esteve a um passo de poder ter uma época de sonho e está, agora, a um passo de não ganhar nada para além da Taça da Liga, um troféu menor para um Clube que pretende ser um dos maiores do mundo.
Num jogo de enorme pressão do Liverpool, muito pouco se viu dum Chelsea que quase não conseguiu criar perigo para a baliza de Reina. Apenas Drogba incomodou, mas não mais do que isto. Por outro lado, o Liverpool teve várias oportunidades de marcar, tendo tido a oposição do guarda-redes Che e do poste da baliza.
Apesar de ter sido decidido em grandes penalidades, o Liverpool foi um justo vencedor!
Veja aqui o resumo do jogo:

Labels: Champions league, Chelsea, drogba, Golos, Liga dos Campeões, Liverpool, meia-final, reina, Resumo

Chelsea vence liverpool na 1ª mão das meias finais da Champions. José Mourinho ganha vantagem relativamente ao seu rival espanhol, podendo empatar no 2º jogo e chegar à final. Será este ano que Mourinho ganhará tudo?
Enquanto não sabemos, fique com o resumo deste jogo:

Labels: Champions league, Chelsea, Liga dos Campeões, Liverpool, meia-final