Liverpool striker bags £800,000-a-year pay rise: Now this is money well spent!
by offsidetrap on May 31st, 2008
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Question: What do 33 goals and a massive following of Kopites get you nowadays? Well if you’re Fernando Torres, it apparently gets you a pretty hefty pay raise.
The Telegraph reports that Liverpool have rewarded their Spanish ace with a £800,000-a-year pay increase after he ran roughshod over opponents in his first season at the Merseyside club.
The Spain international, who moved to Merseyside from Atletico de Madrid last summer for £21.5 million, was promised when he signed for the club that his salary would be reviewed at the end of his first season in the Premier League. (Telegraph)
Torres was so keen to join Liverpool that he actually accepted a drop in his wages, as well as waiving the £3m from the original transfer fee that Atletico owed him but, after scoring an incredible 33 goals in the last campaign, the powers that be at Anfield have agreed to increase his weekly wage packet from £74,000 to the £89,000 that he was paid at the Vicente Calderon. (Telegraph)
In a footballing world built on money and greed, Torres’ move to drop his wages and waive the transfer fee speaks volumes about his character. Not only did he give Liverpool the upper-hand by coming in cheaper than expected, but he also made it known that if his quality on the pitch wasn’t up to par, that he was fine keeping his current wage packet. Talk about refreshing stuff! I’m sure every team wishes they had a player with as much class as Liverpool’s number 9.
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Tagged Under: Anfield, Liverpool FC, pay rise, rafael benitez, torres
Robbie - May 31st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
torres is great but we need another world class striker to partner him in front. crouch is going, vorinin as well , so im sure liverpool gonna buy another striker but we all know it will be practically impossible for us to get dadiv villa or sm1 like berbatov coz we cant afford to buy expensive players.. it’s sad but this is indeed reality! as long as DIC doesnt take liverpool, raffa wont be able to buy these kinda players.. i thnk owen will be a great choice.. he’s not expensive either.. he’s a local lad, he loves d club, knws the club inside out, and wud love to return to anfield.. and more importantly, he’s a great goal scorer.. i think raffa should bring him back to anfield, gives him back his number 10 and let the liverpool fans enjoy the show.. owen-torres-gerrard
twogorillas - May 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Give him more. He’s worth it. Imagine his goal tally if he took pens??
jemster - May 31st, 2008 at 1:11 pm
great player but it does’nt take long for premiership defences to suss players out i’ll be surprised if he scores more next season.
taffy - May 31st, 2008 at 1:21 pm
there’s no doubt he’s been an exceptional signing. its not just the goals, but previously gerrard was the only truly world class player that we had of a calibre that would attract other top, top class players.
now players are more likely to want to join us with torres here too. looking forward, you’d have to say that mascherano is heading in that direction, as well as potentially the likes of reina, agger and babel (all in their early 20s).
having weathered the shameful media hounding of st benitez earlier, and with great european form over the last few seasons, it’ll be very interesting to see who comes on board this summer. now, lets hope rafa gets the funds he needs, as well as the ownership issue getting resolved…….
rich joe - May 31st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
el nino’s pure class, both on and off the pitch, and a great role model to youngsters worldwide. its a pity there were’nt more like him, instead of the greed griven, overrated prima donnas, whose best friend is their agent!
marty - June 2nd, 2008 at 3:15 am
give him the money. we give kewell it and he was shit.