Liverpool chief Damien Comolli feels the club are better off after the sale of Fernando Torres to Chelsea.
The Reds were able to use the cash raised to sign strikers Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez.
Comolli believes the Reds are better off as a result, although he admits there was some relief the new arrivals settled in so quickly.
"Getting two players triggered the fact that we could sell one player who didn't want to be here and get two who did want to be here," he said.
"When you have someone who doesn't want to be here and you swap him for people who want to be here the atmosphere changes.
"It's like there is a bright new sky with no cloud over our head from the day that happened. So it's been only positive.
"That was really a relief for those reasons."
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