“When Fernando approached me and said he wanted out, it was like a knife to the heart”
当费尔南多靠近我，告诉我他要走，那一刻，我觉得一把剪刀在捅着我的心

“In the days before the transfer, Torres came to see me as captain. He said he wanted to leave, but added that the club was being difficult. ‘Listen,’ I said. ‘You have to understand that you are a top player and they don’t want to let you go.’ It didn’t matter. He asked if I could speak to Kenny Dalglish, our manager, on his behalf. That put me in a difficult situation because I didn’t want to help Fernando. I didn’t want to tell the manager that the star player wanted to go because, at that point, I wanted the deal to fall through. I wanted Chelsea’s interest to go away and for his enthusiasm to be rekindled. When Fernando approached me and said he wanted out, it was like a knife to the heart.”