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Sat 01 Jan 2011Chelsea intensify efforts to get Torres
CHELSEA WILL return with an improved €46 million offer for Fernando Torres with the English Premier League champions hopeful of closing the deal before Monday’s transfer deadline after the striker told Liverpool he wants to leave.
Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, is prepared to add the young striker Daniel Sturridge as a makeweight in the new bid, which will follow the €40 million that was rejected by Liverpool on Thursday.
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