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Chelsea willing to pay £85M for Liverpool's Torres

The Daily Star says Chelsea's billionaire owner was an admiring onlooker here on Sunday night as the brilliant Liverpool striker dominated Spain's European Championship victory over Germany.

Torres was man of the match in every way and how Chelsea would love to prise him away from Anfield.

Their first reported offer of £50m was laughed away by Liverpool and Torres has admitted he has no wish to quit Merseyside.

However, if Liverpool hint at any weakness, Abramovich would be ready to pay more than Real Madrid's planned £70 million bid for Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

A weekly salary of more than £200,000 a week is not out of the question as Abramovich is determined to bankroll his club into European winners.

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