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Liverpool fans burning a Torres shirt

Which is kind of amusing. They get £50 million for him and yet somehow he's betrayed them. Chelsea were interested, Liverpool have been having a poor season, he wanted to go. Understandable. It's not like he held the club to ransom, demanded a move, refused to play. He played, his return to form seemed to coincide with their recent good results, more so than the return of "the saviour" perhaps (I don't pay that much attention to Liverpool so not too sure about that really...). It's like Ronaldo leaving. Sad to see him go. But we got a lot of money and he left us with the memories - and still we have respect for him. Beckham still gets respect - too much respect as far as I'm concerned, but there you go, rather that than going over the top in protest at a player who did well for the club.

Of course, Torres' comments after leaving about how he's finally reached the top seem particularly churlish and unnecessary- incendiary you might say - especially given that they play each other at the weekend.
On the other hand if you look at the video and see the pictures everyone's smiling and having a good time. It's not an angry mob scenario - it looks like party time. It seems like playing up to the cameras, "Sky Sports are here, let's give them a show..." They're behaving like an exaggeration of how spurned supporters are meant to behave - It being Sky wouldn't surprise me if they'd given the fans a Torres shirt and some matches...