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LUKE CONSTABLE wonders if Fernando Torres will ever truly rediscover his goalscoring touch

AS PART of Roman Abramovich’s increasingly esoteric recruitment policy, the meddling oligarch has now hired a new manager specifically to cater to the desperate needs of one man. Rafa Benitez has not been employed to win Chelsea the Champions League (since when did that matter? writes in a Mr Di Matteo), nor the Premier League (he’s never managed it before).
As has been well documented, Benitez is surely the only man that might retrieve the wayward soul of Fernando Torres. Benitez has...

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