Posted on Wednesday, 2nd February 2011 by David Tully
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Former  striker couldn’t contain his anger at the actions of. Writing in his column for the  Echo, he said:
“ is a fake and a fraud who has spat in the faces of the  supporters who idolised him. In his book the striker talked about how much it meant to him to be a  player. He spoke about the history and tradition of the club and how much he loved the city. He seemed to embrace ’s values but now we know he didn’t mean it. It wasn’t real and I’m sure he will be saying the same things about playing for Chelsea. Torres is simply a mercenary who has gone for a huge pay rise.  fans stuck by him through thick and thin this season. They made excuses for his poor performances about his injuries still affecting him. But all the time Torres was taking the club and the fans for a ride. Once he had put in a transfer request  were right to let him go. There’s no point keeping someone who doesn’t want to be there. My five-year-old grandson refused to put his Torres shirt on over the weekend because even he was disgusted with him. Torres will say he’s gone to Chelsea to win trophies but there’s no guarantee he will achieve that there. Okay, they have a better squad than  but they are in transition as well.”
Aldo also praised Kenny Dalglish for his shrewd transfer dealings:
“Torres is gone now and with the money we’ve raised from selling him and RyanBabel we’ve signed two quality centre forwards in  and . That’s very shrewd business by Kenny Dalglish. I’ve always been a massive fan of Carroll who is the best up and coming young striker in this country. He’s made huge strides in a short period of time. He’s like a better version of Duncan Ferguson who was a terrific player. He’s excellent in the air, has a good touch and plays with a lot of passion. When he made his England debut against France I thought he was terrific and  have got a great prospect. He’s proved his quality over the past year and has changed more games single-handedly for Newcastle in that time than Torres did for . People have questioned the price tag of £35million. Of course we paid over the odds for Carroll but it’s all relevant. After all Torres was overvalued as well.”