He's come under fire for his lack of goals since Chelsea
stumped up a club record £50million for his services on January 31, 2011.
Just nine goals this season, with his last Premier League
goal coming on January 11, have meant that Fernando Torres - along with a number of his under-performing
Chelsea colleagues - could be part of the fire-sale that is being planned by
Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese boss even singled him out for criticism in the
aftermath of the defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
But do these pictures, from Chelsea's new marketing
campaign 'Forever Blue', prove that the Spaniard will be remaining at Stamford
Bridge next season?
These images come from behind the scenes of Chelsea's kit
campaign. Five players, Torres, Petr Cech, Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and Oscar,
are captured in their favourite Chelsea moment and immortalised in unique
sculptures.
Torres opted for his celebration after scoring the winner
in last year's Europa League final against Benfica, while Cech opted to chose
his brilliant save from Batian Schweinsteiger's penalty in the Champions League
win of 2012.
Brazilian midfielder Oscar has his brilliant goal against
Juventus, his second goal on his first full start for the club, and Eden Hazard
opted for his hat-trick against Newcastle from earlier this season as his
finest moment.
Gary Cahill, meanwhile, chose to immortalise his quite
brilliant volley from the win over Tottenham at White Hart last season.
A word of warning for Torres, however... Last season's
marketing campaign featured Juan Mata, now of Manchester United.
In the aftermath of the 3-1 defeat at the Parc des
Princes, a furious Jose Mourinho appeared to single out misfiring Torres for
criticism.
The portuguese boss elected to put Andre Schurrle,
usually a winger, up front and leave Torres on the substitutes bench.
'I’m not happy with my strikers’ performances so I had to
try things,' said Mourinho after the defeat.
'And with Andre at least I know we have one more player
to have the ball, one more player to associate with the other players, even
though he’s not a striker.
'But football is not just about that. It’s also about
scoring goals, getting behind, and that is for strikers. Real strikers. And I
had to try.
'It’s difficult for us to score goals, especially when
the games are tight. It’s difficult for us to transform the half-chances into
chances.
'And when you make a defensive mistake, you are in
trouble.'
Culled from Dailymail
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