Liverpool turn down Chelsea's bid for Torres

Liverpool have turned down an audacious bid by Chelsea for striker Fernando Torres, the EPL club confirmed yesterday

Liverpool have turned down an audacious bid by Chelsea for striker Fernando Torres, the EPL club confirmed yesterday.

Chelsea, who are believed to have tabled a similar bid for the player last summer, had been told that the Spanish international was not for sale.

"Chelsea have made a bid for Fernando which has been turned down. The player is not for sale," a Liverpool spokesman said.

Reports earlier put Chelsea's bid at 35 million pounds. Torres (26) is under contract at Liverpool until 2013. However he is widely reported to have a buy-out clause in his deal which will allow him to leave if another team matches his 50-million-pound valuation.

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