Chelsea were the kings at buying a striker past his prime Liverpool got a golden striker Chelsea got the leftovers Barcelona got probably the greatest African player ever with Samuel l eto'o Chelsea got him 5 years after he left Ac Milan got Scheshenko at his prime Chelsea got his ghost

​@@BrandonAyonggood old shesshesshesshinko

​@BrandonAyong yh and they still won titles with them

@@Goes.without.saying You know what I meant 😂

@@BrandonAyong indeed. Shevchenko, Anelka, Torres, Eto'o and a few others. Eto'o was actually decent though and Torres helped Chelsea win 2 European titles. Also, I never understood why Avram Grant didn't use Shevchenko for the penalty shootout in the 2008 final.

Also how I remember that time. Well said sir!

prime torres ❌ torres liverpool ✔

Above the prem?

True…. That 2008 season 3rd ballon dor. To add on to your great comment let me just add that drogba prime was also really good I think from 11-12 champions league…. But torrres prime did more outside of goals he was real real quality AND had goals

Don’t forget injuries to Torres

Nice. I can definitely tell you're a basketball fan from the words you used

When the epl and football in general had proper strikers

On their day, Drogba was the better striker. He was a great footballer too. Torres was amazing when he was very quick, but pretty useless when he lost his pace.

That is so true as a united fan I can clearly remember that night when drogba got sent off I was over the moon knowing he would’ve been a terror and Chelsea might have won had he stayed on

not necessarily true. drogba had an enormous frame but he wasn't exactly robotic in the same way most bigger strikers are. drogba had an absurd sense of striking technique, the best aerial threat of all time arguably, pretty quick for a man of his size, and overall provides a mentality that probably surpasses torres' energy even. i think torres is better at dribbling and general speed, but he is pretty unorthodox in his ability to dribble and it isn't as consistent. his movement is also superior, but id say their passing is about equal. in the box drogba is a better striker but in and around the box torres is superior. you can also argue that being a striker and excelling at dribbling isn't that valuable, if it isn't at the best or a high level. i wouldn't say torres was an insane dribbler, so in the modern era his movements may be a little more predictable, since most defenders are a lot quicker today. it's a tough debate but drogba's striking technique is so insane that you sorta have to give him the edge, for me at least the top 5 are henry, berbatov, drogba, owen, and anelka or rvp possibly for greatest ever PL strikers

@@josephcole8046 yeah I meant Torres at his prime

​@@josephcole8046😅Torres was waaay better

Tbf it was his fault for being sent off. He did a very childish thing

it's extremely disrespectful to drogba's name to only mention his big game influences. you guys are acting like he wasn't competing with prime ronaldo for the golden boot. his goalscoring ability from distance, the leverage of power, his heading, hold up play, shooting flexibility in the box, is all pretty high standard. no one can question his ability to drive himself - strikers need to have the highest standard for a good mentality and drogba has this to a tea, to compensate for his lack of higher intelligence, compared to a berbatov for example

​@@glidinggolovinnhe is great but no consistent

He got sent off in the 117th minute 😂😂

@@danielbriggs6482 how did the penalties go again?

Pfff you know nothing

Drogba wasn't as consistent as you think during most of his seasons. Check the stats

@@edge1rated2superstar From an outright goalscoring pov he was never prolific. But from a big game player pov he was one of the best.

3 amazing seasons, idk why people always the discount 09/10 he was brilliant, 22 goals in 32 games

@@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf Wasn’t amazing in 08/09…… so yeah 2 amazing seasons

Between all the comments, this is the one that sums it up perfectly.. well said Mr Ahmed

World cup. European champion.

Sadly Torres made certain choices in his career that crippled his body's ability to allow him to play to his strengths. I recall he rushed back from a few bad injuries which then recurred. After those he was never the same player. Once he lost his acceleration, he lost his confidence and once that went he was a shadow of his former self. During his time at Liverpool he was a top 1% player. He was at the tip of the elite pyramid. Such a shame he only shone for such a short time.

@@benghiskahn3673I recall he rushed to return for the World Cup. He played decent in it but he was never the same again

another factor to consider is that drogba through most of his prime didn't play with mobile wingers to utilise his target man ability more. it was only the 04/5 era that drogba had useful wingers and look what they achieved. we actually don't know how good drogba was, because he was let down by the lack of good wingers in the chelsea late 2000s period

​@@glidinggolovinn imagine drogba playing with prime hazard 🥶

@@jasemsultan7131 fr. it's wild to me hazard only played with one semi good striker in diego costa. he deserved so much more and so did drogba. kalou, malouda, an aging cole were him outlet support lmaoo

Please don’t ever compare the two. Torres is centuries behind R9.

​@@photological🙄

Uhm, Torres was actually known for missing the easy ones and scoring the hardest ones lol, kinda like a better Darwin Nunez.

@@Dotsetc Not at Liverpool

Absolutely, all these gullible donkeys amd chelsea fans over rate their players, when prime torres stepped onto the pitch with them boots, hair band and long sleeve kit it was game over, rio always had a thing against liverpool you can see it in several clips thats why he didnt choose torres, his ego cant take it, evra on the other hand days it how it is and spits facts. Torres had everything, drogba needed service, he couodnt create much for himself as a striker he was a poacher; ferna do torres could do everything. Won world cup and euros and came 3rd to balon dor in which if ur not messi or rinaldo u have 1% chance of winning. Drogba was just above average and came in clutch at times. All these other comments that choose drogba are waffling, either hate liverpool or their chelshit supporter who cant accept that fact that torres was better then drogba just how salah is light years ahead of hazard. (Hazard said in an interview he wants to be like salah in every aspect).

I don’t know where this has come from. 3 goals against United 15 games hardly terrorised.

Yeah I know lol 😂😂😂😂

@@renatosanches1091 u mean 4 goals and 1 assist in 14 games. In team of just gerrard and torres carrying everyone else for a yr or 2 against man urinated who are literally the man city of today. Explain the context u bum boii. Scouser haters yet dick ride rooney whos a scouser💀 ooops double standards 😂😂 rooney one of your best ever forward? 7 goals 2 assists in 29 app v liverpool and he was there longer than torres was at liverpool💀 literally the best player in the world from 2007-2010. Meanwhile rooney whos one of pl best ever scored 3 more goals? Next tike u open your mouth educate yourself

Prime for prime, i go Torres from an Arsenal fan

You people should stop deceiving yourself this term, "prime". Didier destroyed the EPL. He scored more than 10goals against the gunners, scored multiple goals against all other big teams, scored in almost all of his games at Wembley (Master of Wembley).

@@rodrigopossebon2413 that freekick in the carling cup final vs spurs was something else. torres isn't as individually good as drogba in the box but in and around the box, torres is superior

Solid comment! I’m a gunner and Drogba all day everyday :)

Okay, what is there to talk about the career of Torres. Possibly missed the highest one on ones that age

No, he is not

The perfect number 9 for me would be Cr7.. The goat would be L10

@@ashash272Nah, The perfect 9 is Suarez.

There's a player called Ronaldo Nazario....also known as R9. Drogba doesn't enter the conversation.

All these amateurs! Your favorite striker’s favorite striker was R9. The greatest stricker of all time. Ask Zidane, Ibra, CR7 or Messi. Even Pelé and Maradona would tell you that. Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, el fenômeno.

A better Prime in what? He wasn't a top scorer once?

Lol, what do you know

your argument is disproven by the fact drogba held up high goalscoring numbers on his own during marseille. provide better arguments than whatever goes on in that hollow head of yours

Wow i can really see that Gerrard, Alonso were all terrible tch

lol Torres literally went to the same team as drogba and flopped one of the biggest flops of all time

Go back to sleep. They were in the same team at one time

Hahahaha They played together surely? Hahahaha Torres was a complete useless guy by 28. Chelsea let him leave free. Torres is just a Falcao career

Nope, that torres scored to win the game

​@@letehpeter4638 that's a laughable statement. all torres did was finish off barca; drogba actually brought chelsea through arguably the toughest game of all time, against the highest odds, with a bullet header that defies the ability of football and transcends into something truly special. the one last header with a narrow as heck chance to actually score, it shows extreme precision and the ultimate ever mentality to defy odds and make things happen because you want it so bad. henry never did this, messi has never done this from a losing position in a crucial part of the game, ronaldo has never, ronaldo either. to beat the greatest GK of all time with a header like this is genuinely disgusting and i praise drogba for driving this mediocre chelsea to greatness

​@@glidinggolovinnchelshit will always remain a small club we all know that

​@@glidinggolovinnlol Messi does thing that only drogba can dream of...he change the game by itself.

@@maccheese744 messi's never scored a goal that was this clutch from a losing position, with insane difficulty. all he does is score from a neutral position