Rafael Benitez's long search for a world class striker was all but over today as Fernando Torres put the finishing touches to his record-breaking move from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool.
The highly-rated Spain forward was undergoing a medical at the club's Melwood training headquarters this afternoon and will then put pen to paper on a six-year contract worth around £90,000 a week.
Luis Garcia has moved in the opposite direction having agreed a three-year contract with the Spanish club and will be unveiled at a press conference this afternoon after completing a medical. Liverpool are thought to have paid Atletico around £20.2m although with Garcia valued at around £4 million, the total package is worth over £24 million.
The deal comfortably eclipses the previous record of £14.2 million Liverpool paid for Djibril Cisse in 2004, although Benitez will doubtless congratulate himself for driving down Atletico's £27 million asking price, as stated in Torres's contract.
The highly-rated Spain forward was undergoing a medical at the club's Melwood training headquarters this afternoon and will then put pen to paper on a six-year contract worth around £90,000 a week.
Luis Garcia has moved in the opposite direction having agreed a three-year contract with the Spanish club and will be unveiled at a press conference this afternoon after completing a medical. Liverpool are thought to have paid Atletico around £20.2m although with Garcia valued at around £4 million, the total package is worth over £24 million.
The deal comfortably eclipses the previous record of £14.2 million Liverpool paid for Djibril Cisse in 2004, although Benitez will doubtless congratulate himself for driving down Atletico's £27 million asking price, as stated in Torres's contract.
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