Definitely overpriced. I'll be very interested to see how Torres does in the Premiership though. Liverpool have a history of crap signings when it comes to strikers (remember how badly Morientes did there?) and Torres isn't the deadliest striker in the world either:
2006-07: 40 games, 15 goals
2005-06: 40 games, 13 goals
2004-05: 49 games, 20 goals
2003-04: 40 games, 21 goals
Those stats aren't at all dissimilar to the scoring rates of Kuyt and Crouch last season (48 games, 14 goals and 47 games 18 goals). The other thing that stands out about those stats is he isn't used to playing too many games in one season. Look at all the games Kuyt and Crouch racked up despite Benitez rotating his strikers quite alot; you have to assume Torres will not be rotated to such a degree so not only will he have to get used to the physical nature of the Premiership but also the frequency of games.
My gut feeling is he won't be a roaring success for Liverpool.
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