Fernando Torres for £95m! Chelsea owner Roman's amazing deal to land Liverpool superstar



Chelsea will try to push through the signing of Fernando Torres on Monday with a stunning £95million transfer package they believe will trigger an escape clause in the Liverpool striker’s contract.

Roman Abramovich is ready to commit the staggering sum to secure the service of Torres, with £50m needed to activate the clause they are now confident exists.

A further £45m will be guaranteed to the 26-year-old in a five-year deal that would see him earn £175,000 a week.

Hitting the road: Fernando Torres arrives at Liverpool's training HQ on Monday

Liverpool were already preparing for life without the World Cup and European Championship winner on Sunday night.

Having signed Luis Suarez, they will also try to land Ashley Young from Aston Villa and Blackpool’s Charlie Adam before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday.

Villa manager Gerard Houllier has already said Young is not for sale, and the club are trying to secure him on a new contract. However, that has not stopped new Anfield co-owner John W Henry contacting Villa owner Randy Lerner in a bid to mitigate the loss of Torres.

Liverpool will need to move fast to sign Young and Adam. But they are clearly prepared to let Torres go despite having publicly rejected the transfer request he submitted on Friday.

They will also be in a position to increase dramatically the bid for Adam after being rebuffed on

several occasions by the club’s manager Ian Holloway. They have already bid £6.5m and it is expected they will make a further offer of around £8m. Blackpool are understood to be looking for £12m.

On Liverpool's radar: Aston Villa's Ashley Young (left) and Blackpool star Charlie Adam (right)



Kenny Dalglish would still like to see Nicolas Anelka arrive from Chelsea as part of any deal — not least because, unlike Suarez, he is eligible for the Europa League — but Carlo Ancelotti is extremely reluctant to see the French striker leave Stamford Bridge when he remains such an important

member of his squad.

While Chelsea are prepared to offer a younger player, Abramovich accepts it will take a significantly increased cash offer to get the deal done before the deadline.

Having been given permission to return late from a mini-break in Spain, Torres, 26, missed the Sunday morning training session. He did, however, train alone at Melwood on Sunday afternoon, with his agents in close attendance.

Charlie Adam

The Spaniard, whose £110,000-a-week deal runs until the summer of 2013, handed in an official transfer request at the end of last week, and the two clubs have been in negotiations over the weekend.

Liverpool, who paid £21m for Torres in July 2007, may be tempted to hang on to the striker and let the transfer window close without a deal. However, they fear being left with a disillusioned star who would rather be at another club could be the worst of all worlds.