New Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has been warned star striker Fernando Torres will NEVER be the player he was at Liverpool.
Villas-Boas looks certain to make Torres, 27, his first-choice forward amid reports he is willing to listen to offers for Didier Drogba.
Chelsea say they are confident Torres, who cost £50m from Anfield in January, will come good next season despite scoring just one goal since his arrival in London.
Villas-Boas is also ready to bring in a personal fitness instructor to get the Spaniard fit.
But Liverpool legend John Aldridge has warned even a full pre-season, new manager and new system won’t be enough to bring back the old Torres.
Aldridge insisted: “Everyone seems to be saying he’ll be back to his best next season but I can’t see it.
“For me personally I don’t think Fernando Torres can get back to what he was at Liverpool two seasons ago.
“He’s lost a yard of pace and I don’t think he can get back to where he was. He’ll score goals of course – but not to the level of one in every 1.5 games as he did when he first arrived at Liverpool and was so tremendous.
“He’ll still do some damage during the season but Chelsea fans shouldn’t expect him to be like he used to be. It’s not going to happen.
“I look back now and it was a relief that Torres went. He wasn’t interested. He hasn’t played well for a long, long time now and I don’t think you’ll see it next season either.”
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