Torres Linked to Liverpool

Not the most exciting day in the footballing world with the main news being that apparently Liverpool are locked in talks to sign Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid. Liverpool are stalling over the 27 million pound fee that Atletico want, and since Atletico are reluctant to sell their star striker, it looks as if they are holding the cards. Torres has been Atletico's top scorer for the past five seasons, and would be a great asset to Liverpool and the Premiership. At the moment Liverpool need a proper striker, someone who can get on the end of crosses and convert any half-chances into goals, and Torres can fulfil that type of role. He has the pace and instict to score 20 odd goals a season, and also has that flair to make something out of nothing. The reason that he has never been seen as an out-and-out striker is because he has to work hard at Atletico to create and score chances on his own, but at Liverpool he will have slightly more quality behind him, with Kuyt doing the hard work up front, which will allow him to stay up front and convert chances. But we shall see how the negotiations fare, if Liverpool manage to knock the fee down slightly then I wouldn't be suprised to see Arsenal or Man Utd trying a cheeky late bid to prise him away from Liverpool.

Carson Yeung has bough his shares in Birmingham, 29.9% of them to be exact. It doesn't give him full control of the club, but it does make him the largest single shareholder, and he does have an open door to buy more shares if he wants. This should be good news for Birmingham fans as this will give Steve Bruce a few more quid to spend on players, which leads on nicely to news that Flamini, of Arsenal, has been linked to Birmingham. A decent midfield scurrier, he never really had the talent to break through into the Arsenal first team but always tried his heart out, he should fit in well with the other ex-Arsenal players that Bruce seems to like. He is building a decent squad for the Premiership, and players like Flamini can make the difference in a relegation battle so I wouldn't be suprised to see this move finalised pretty soon.

Peter Hill-Wood has come out and said he thinks Wenger will stay but he's not completely sure. It's all been said before but this isn't a huge deal, Wenger likes to leave his contract extensions late and he will definitely be at Arsenal for this season, so we shall leave his future for next year.

The Copa America round up, Venezuela drew 2-2 with Bolivia, and Peru shocked Uruguay 3-0 in their opener. Was a definite suprise to see Uruguay lose their opening game but I can't see any of these teams really challenging for honours, though it would be great to have Venezuela doing well. Juan Carlos Marino scored a cracker in the Uruguay game and you can see that here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heuvc6T5G8c.

Until Tomorrow.