Chelsea’s Fernando Torres is dead man walking…

Chelsea's Fernando Torres, right, competes with Newcastle United's Jose Enrique during their English Premier League soccer match at Stamford Bridge, London. (AP)

Published Monday, September 12, 2011

By Staff

Fernando Torres is a dead man walking.

The question is where is he walking to? Stamford Bridge has turned out to be a bed of thorns for the £50million flop.

Torres himself has not been shy of his criticism of the side Andre Villas-Boas has inherited.

The insinuation has been that Chelsea players are just too slow for him.

The result is that Torres could very well be benched for the Blues’ Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow, and more crucially, against Manchester United this coming Sunday.

If that happens and Daniel Sturridge who is in form, continues to score, Torres will have to seriously consider his future.

Torres has yet to find the net in the first three games of the season and has scored just once since January.

Villas-Boas is clearly in favour of Sturridge. He was quoted by The Sun as sayin: "We had a lot of teams calling Daniel to take him on loan during the transfer window but it was never going to happen. The technical staff and I all had the feeling we should bring him in. We have an outstanding player."

Torres’ class as a player is not in doubt, just his form his. Any manager who can turn that around will have a world-beater on their hands. But who wants him now?

Is it time for the Wayne Rooney versus Lionel Messi comparison?