Sir Alex Ferguson has today admitted that he tried to sign Liverpool striker Fernado Torres before he joined the Reds during the summer.Liverpool signed Torres from Spanish side Atletico Madrid during the summer for a club record fee in the region of £20-26 million.
"For years we tried to do a deal there but we never quite managed it because Atletico Madrid didn't want to sell or the player felt he was too young one year," said Ferguson.
"Then we just lost interest a bit because sometimes you get fed up with going back to the same venue all the time. He's a good player. We wouldn't have been interested in him if he wasn't. "I think the advantage Rafa had was that he is Spanish and his dealings with Atletico were maybe better than ours because he's Spanish."
Torres is a quality player and it comes as no surprise to me that Ferguson tried to sign him. It would of been a very interesting prospect... Rooney, Tevez, Ronaldo and Torres.
I am really looking forward to seeing how Torres performs in the big game on Sunday and I feel he may be the man to turn the game in Liverpool's favour.
