FERNANDO TORRES is demanding a six-year deal worth £31.2million to join Liverpool.
The Atletico Madrid star, 23, is yet to hold talks with Kop boss Rafa Benitez as his advisors hold out for £100,000-a-week.
The astonishing package for the striker will amount to £57.9m, including the £24m transfer fee.
Atletico want Liverpool to pick up a £2.7m tab for a pay-off Torres is due under the terms of his contract.
The deal will stretch Liverpool’s purse strings to the limit and would put Torres’ wage behind only skipper Steven Gerrard’s £120,000-a-week.
But Benitez risks losing his No1 summer target to Inter Milan if his board baulk at the demands.
The Italian giants have had a £27m bid accepted for the Spain ace.
And although Torres favours Liverpool, the Inter offer is being used as a bargaining tool by his agents Bahia International.
A Bahia source said: “He’ll only leave Atletico if the club, and the offer, is absolutely right for him.”
The deal was given a boost at the weekend when midfielder Luis Garcia sealed a £3.36m move in the other direction.
Officially the switch has nothing to do with Torres’ deal but the fee has been taken off his price-tag.
Torres will keep Benitez waiting until he returns from holiday on July 7 before any deal is signed.
Atletico chiefs are now desperate to finalise the move after signing Diego Forlan as a £14m replacement from Villarreal.
The Atletico Madrid star, 23, is yet to hold talks with Kop boss Rafa Benitez as his advisors hold out for £100,000-a-week.
The astonishing package for the striker will amount to £57.9m, including the £24m transfer fee.
Atletico want Liverpool to pick up a £2.7m tab for a pay-off Torres is due under the terms of his contract.
The deal will stretch Liverpool’s purse strings to the limit and would put Torres’ wage behind only skipper Steven Gerrard’s £120,000-a-week.
But Benitez risks losing his No1 summer target to Inter Milan if his board baulk at the demands.
The Italian giants have had a £27m bid accepted for the Spain ace.
And although Torres favours Liverpool, the Inter offer is being used as a bargaining tool by his agents Bahia International.
A Bahia source said: “He’ll only leave Atletico if the club, and the offer, is absolutely right for him.”
The deal was given a boost at the weekend when midfielder Luis Garcia sealed a £3.36m move in the other direction.
Officially the switch has nothing to do with Torres’ deal but the fee has been taken off his price-tag.
Torres will keep Benitez waiting until he returns from holiday on July 7 before any deal is signed.
Atletico chiefs are now desperate to finalise the move after signing Diego Forlan as a £14m replacement from Villarreal.
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