Done deal

Liverpool, in my opinion, have made the swoop signing of the new year agreeing to a transfer fee of 26 million euros for star Ajax striker Luis Suarez.

You will remember Suarez as one of the villains of last summer's World Cup when he handled a ball off the line to save a goal against Ghana in the quarterfinals in the dying seconds of the game. Asamoah Gyan then missed the ensuing penalty kick and Uruguay went on to win the game knocking out the continent of Africa's last team. In my opinion it was a brilliant play and I would have done the same thing if I were in his boots, but many harbored ill feelings claiming it was unsporting.

Regardless Suarez is a player of real class and a massive signing for the Reds, who have struggled this season and last to hang with the big boys in England. He scored over 50 goals last season in Holland and at age 24 is just now rounding into his prime.

The question becomes can Liverpool hold onto its other prized front man Fernando Torres. Chelsea have been hot on the trail for the Spaniard for the better part of a year now and nearly swooped in to sign him last summer.

It is believed this week they made two offers for him starting at 28 million pounds and then a little over 30 mill pounds. However, Torres' value well exceeds either one of those bids despite his struggles at the tail end of last season with fitness and form that plagued him into the World Cup and through the first half of the Premier League season.

I would imagine Liverpool would not accept anything less than 40 million pounds for Torres, who now looks to be turning things around since Kenny Daglish took over as manager for Roy Hodgson.

The main problem is there are now rumors Torres is set to hand in his papers to ask to be sold to Chelsea, which would be a massive blow. As of the present time they are still just rumors and there may not be enough time to make such a major deal with the transfer deadline coming up on Monday, but this weekend should be interesting.

I for one would love to see what Suarez and Torres could produce on the pitch together. Suarez and Diego Forlan were amazing together in the World Cup for Uruguay, and Torres has played alongside David Villa for much of his international career, which says to me both of these guys can handle playing alongside a partner up top even though having two strikers is sort of a fad that is going out of fashion these days. But should Torres be sold to Liverpool, he and Didier Drogba would also form a tasty tandem, so regardless this will be very interesting to see how it turns out. Stay tuned for more...

More Chelsea Rumors

Chelsea like Manchester City are always a club that are in on a lot of rumors because of the big pockets of Russian owner and billionaire Roman Abramovich. Unlike City, who aspire to become what Chelsea have developed, the Blues are already in the Champions League and are consistently one of the top four teams in Europe and because they are in London are a more desired destination for players looking to move to England.

One of Chelsea's biggest targets however, now appears off the books. For quite some time the Blues have been chasing Brazilian David Luiz, who plays for Benfica -- a team I saw play the Revolution last spring.

Luiz is the real deal, a big 6-2 ferocious and skilled central defender, someone that could make a big difference for Chelsea, who have struggled on defense since John Terry's outing of the affair last year.

As I mentioned at the start of the Premier League season too, Chelsea are a club that is aging fast with most of their players staring at the wrong side of 30 or fast approaching that dreaded age in football where player's skill drastically start to disappear. I think it's fair to say I hit that nail on the head as the Blues have struggled for form this year and reside in fourth place struggling to remain in the top-4 with Tottenham hot in pursuit just three points behind. This is a club that won the league last year and really seem to have slipped.

Regardless Luiz at age 23 would've been a major buy and the right kind of buy as he would be entering his prime for the foreseeable future, but Benfica have rebuffed the Blues advances. The last offer stood at just over 21 million pounds, but Luiz is valued at 25 million. Both organizations put on their websites today that negotiations for the transfer fee had reached an impasse possibly with just 1 million pounds separating the two teams, but unless Chelsea come up with a higher bid they might miss out on any major reinforcements before the summer.