LOL

Barca why?

you have neymar,messi,pedro,villa,febregas,iniesta

How was splashing 50 million on a striker who was considered back then one of the best strikers ever a risk? No one expected him to flop. He was in his prime and would be in any club's starting team back then. The club goes first. Chelsea is a club that wants to win trophies every season and it is difficult to do that when our only strikers back then were both in the twilight of their careers.

^ I Cannot Believe What I Just Read ^

"How was splashing 50 million on a striker who was considered back then one of the best strikers ever a risk? " Simply, you have no guaranteed that player will perform on the same level in another club.

It was still a pretty safe bet, though. Pretty much no-one could have foreseen his subsequent flop. Chelsea were just terribly unlucky, in that regard, though I still think he's getting better every season there.

It happened to Shevshenko too, Chelsea were very unlucky no one could expect those flops.

@quikzyyy: Sure there was a chance Torres wouldn't perform as the Torres in red, but we never expected him to be as bad as he is now.

@tiki_taka: Yeah man, that one was also an unexpected flop :/

Happened with Crespo too..

^Nah, Crespo was just a nuisance on and off the pitch for Chelsea.