Chelsea’s first bid for Fernando Torres was about £25 Million

Damien Comolli has defended his record at Liverpool. Speaking to the Daily Express, he said: 'We did 26 deals and to think we wouldn't make any mistakes in such a huge number of deals in and out would be totally unrealistic.

'I do not think we made any mistakes on the players going out and whether we made mistakes on the players who came in, time will tell. I am very uncomfortable for players to be judged after six, eight or even 12 months. Sometimes it takes two or three years.

'In two or three years you can say, 'Damien and Kenny, you were wrong'. Or you can say, 'They just needed time'.'

The £35m move for Carroll is one of the moves that has attracted the most criticism, but again, Comolli is quick to defend the actions of the club.

He added: 'If you want to talk about the Carroll deal, the situation was quite clear.

'The way we looked at it, we were selling two players – Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel – and we were bringing two in – Suarez and Carroll – and we were making a profit and the wage bill was coming down considerably as well. It was a four-player deal.

'Chelsea kept bidding higher and higher for Torres. The difference between their first and final bid is double.

'They [FSG] asked me what the risks were and I said if things don't go well you'll lose something on Andy, but it is difficult to measure whether you will make money if things go well because Liverpool aren't a selling club and he could be here for the next 10 years.'

Source: UK Mail



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