Ex-Chelsea forward has offer to be best-paid player in the world

Fernando Torres has an offer to become the highest-paid player in world football, according to his agent Jose Antonio Martin.

The former Chelsea striker has spent the last two years on loan at boyhood club Atletico Madrid from AC Milan and but his future remains unclear at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

Torres, 31, has been stuck on 99 career goals for Atletico Madrid since September and his agent has warned Diego Simone the ex-Spain international already has a lucrative offer on the table from another team.

“Fernando and Simeone should sit down and talk about it [his future],” Martin told The Sun. “The fans of Madrid don’t want Torres to be told no continually. He has an offer that would make him the best-paid in the world. There are nuances. It all depends upon the will of the club.”

“The feeling I get is this is something that must be resolved, not between [the club president, Miguel Angel] Gil Marin or [the technical director] Andrea Berta, but rather between Simeone and Torres, who are friends.”

“He must either tell [Torres]. ‘I am counting on you’ or ‘I am not counting on you’. The fans want his contract renewed and it is something that can’t be denied.”

Torres is currently 847 minutes without a goal for Atletico and his future looks increasingly unlikely to be in Madrid.

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