Yes we do need a cover for Torres but the really important thing is we need a good creative player/midfielder. Having a striker really boost our gameplay as it could ease the goalscoring loads burdened on Torres, but we couldn't afford to have a striker just for the sake of having one. We needed a striker that can strike fear into any defenses heart whether he's small or big. And most important thing is he could click well with Torres. Ngog is good but I couldn't see him getting on well with Torres. When they played, it looked like they were worlds apart. They didn't click and played well.
As much as we needed a good striker but we needed most a good midfielder, someone in a mould of Riquelme/Xavi. Someone who is quick, agile, versatile and can change our direction of play. We got that once in Alonso ( I don't know about Raul). Scoring goals is important but we didn't want Torres to work his way deep from midfield just to get the ball and score.
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