Thursday, November 02, 2006

Torres urge SWP to join Atletico Madrid

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Fernando Torres has urged Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips to join him at Atletico Madrid.

The Atletico captain told The Sun: "Every player who comes to help will be welcome.
"If Wright-Philips comes that would be very good for us. It would mean a step up in quality because he is a great player.
"We need a winger and if Shaun improves the team it will be good because we need players on the flanks.
"I wish high-quality players like Wright-Philips would come here."
Wright-Phillips, who cost Chelsea £21million from Manchester City in summer 2005, is looking for regular first-team action.
And Blues boss Jose Mourinho could use the England star as the perfect sweetener to convince Atletico to do business for Torres, 22.
Torres has a buy-out clause at £26m - and Chelski would have no problem finding the cash.
Manchester United failed with a £25m bid for the Atletico skipper this summer.
He then opted to sign a new contract in Madrid taking him to 2009.
He added: "Every summer, people talk about the Premiership.
"If I ever leave Atletico, I would just look at the biggest teams in Europe like Chelsea, Manchester or Milan."