Torres Expected In Liverpool Today

Fernando Torres has already cut short his vacation and returned to Madrid, and is expected in Liverpool today...


After a €32m plus Luis Garcia deal was sealed between the to clubs, the Spanish international needs only to complete a medical at Anfield before penning what will be a rather lucrative €135,000 a week deal.

While it is possible that the medical actually takes place tomorrow morning before the official presentation, the deal will be confirmed today itself.

That will bring to an end a saga that has run for around ten days, ever since Goal.com had exclusively confirmed that Liverpool officials had travelled to Madrid to discuss a move for Fernando Torres.

It has taken a while for the financial details to be sorted out, but all parties seem to be happy now.

Torres will take the number of strikers at Rafa Benitez's disposal up to five, with Peter Crouch, Dirk Kuyt, Craig Bellamy and Andriy Voronin already on the Reds' books. That, assuming they offload Djibril Cisse, who is also a Liverpool player as of now.

It is unclear whether one more striker will be allowed to leave. Surely Rafa cannot keep five front men happy!