Fernando Torres

[BADGERBHOY]

That was in Segunda Division, Villa never scored 20 for Gijon in La Liga, or play for them in first division, for that matter.

Also Torres scored 20 goals a season in two instances for Atletico Madrid, and he scored consistently despite the fact that he was surrounded by mediocre players. And as much as Villa fans like to delude themselves, he is surrounded by plenty of quality players in Valencia.
Also, while Villa is probably better as a pure goalscorer, Torres is more creative and is plays effectively as a target man, which seems to be something Pep prefers. He provides more alternatives than Villa does. Add on to that the fact that he's about 3 years younger than Villa, and now you understand why I prefer Torres over Villa.

He plays for the same Spain team and is consistently outscored by Villa
He's going to be Spains all time top goalscorer soon (in many less caps than Torres)
Take the EPL blinkers off

 

[Bilal Khan]

i will certainly take Torres over Villa because of his Age!

 

[BADGERBHOY]

i will certainly take Torres over Villa because of his Age!

Villa for his ability

 

[Bilal Khan]

Villa for his ability

it's about personal opinions...they both are the deadliest finishers around..both have great vision of the tiki taka football with Spain
but the 2 things that differ them is age and the fact that Torres is certainly better in Air...

 

[barca96]

im a hard core villa fan but i too gotta admit, for 50mills, torres would be the better deal.

 

[barca7788]

but i have a feeling that torres and ibra cant play together.

 

[Richard.H]

Hoping for Torres to come to barcelona is just not realistic. It just won't happen. In fact, if it happens i will give up my account from here and stop posting.

It won't happen because:
1. Pep will want more time for ibra to fit in
2. Getting torres will lead to a swap for ibra because there is no way ibra or torres will be benched
3. I doubt any team would want ibra. If they do, it's something like ibra+ 50 mill. Barca at most will give up 30 mill this summer

 

[dalitis8]

Torres may be younger than Villa,but Torres is extremely injury-prone.Pep made the mistake of his life in signing Ibra,he is useless.

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

We'd have to see if he is so injury prone if he switches leagues.

lol I might just be stubborn though because I am a huge Torres fan

 

[barca96]

Torres may be younger than Villa,but Torres is extremely injury-prone.Pep made the mistake of his life in signing Ibra,he is useless.

every player goes through that phase.
that's why i said, its a good time to sign him as he had an awful year behind him..
so this year he will come good.

 

[10Rivaldo]

every player goes through that phase.
that's why i said, its a good time to sign him as he had an awful year behind him..
so this year he will come good.

That's exactly what I said a couple pages back, everyone player goes through 1-2 injury ridden seasons, Messi, Eto'o, Ibra, Xavi, Iniesta etc
And yes I'd rather prefer us sign him right now than sign him next year or something when he actually has a full season and his price goes up

 

[SeloBarca]

i like both torres and villa. torres was one of my favorite players when he played in atletico madrid, but villa has so much class and experiance

either of them would go well with barcas playstyle

 

[Bilal Khan]

but i have a feeling that torres and ibra cant play together.

hence the swap

 

[XaviMessiGirl]

Wonder how Torres felt when Atletico knocked Liverpool out of the Europa final today...

 

[Bilal Khan]

messi and torres can certainly play together because of torres' much better mobility then Ibra