I think all the "whether he wanted to come" stuff will blow over and pretty soon we'll be assessing what we've got for our 35 million quid.
To my mind, we've bought a player who has the potential to be one of the very best, a player who will win lots of International caps and if we'd waited a year, would have been in a bidding war with Man City and Man Utd to get the services of. The price of 35 mill might look cheap by then, this lad is 20 years old and as raw as f***, he will only get better.
Already, he's big, strong, has a turn of pace and good awareness, is fantastic in the air and has a really sweet left foot. If we supply him he will score goals against everybody, even the best will find him an absolute nightmare to deal with. Even a diagonal hit from either full back slot with Suarez looking to spin in and around him is going to be a nightmare to deal with, and all in all I'm all for the transfer. Our team will be better for Torres out and Suarez/Carroll in, I'm very confident of that.
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