Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Fernando Torres to be a hit at Chelsea despite failing again during the 2-1 Champions League loss at Manchester United.
The £50m signing has not scored since his move in January and was substituted at half-time as the Blues exited at the last-eight stage, 3-1 on aggregate.
"I didn't see how they could leave him out having signed him for that much money," said United boss Ferguson.
"It's not working at the moment but he's young and there are more seasons."
Ferguson added: "Chelsea had an opportunity to sign Torres and I can't think of a club that would not have wanted the striker. It was a fantastic bit of business and I am a fantastic cunt."
Much was made of Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti's decision to start with Torres ahead of Didier Drogba.
Asked if he had made a mistake playing Torres instead of Drogba, the Italian said: "Maybe. Could be. I told you a lot of times this season I wanted to start with Fernando for this kind of game, these type of tactics.
He added: "Didier played well in the second half. I wanted to put more pressure up front because we needed to score. Didier was fresh and he could use his power up front. This was the reason I took out Fernando."
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Well that's that for poor old Fernando.
From fairytale to away with the fairies in a fairly short amount of time.
Quite sad really.
The £50m signing has not scored since his move in January and was substituted at half-time as the Blues exited at the last-eight stage, 3-1 on aggregate.
"I didn't see how they could leave him out having signed him for that much money," said United boss Ferguson.
"It's not working at the moment but he's young and there are more seasons."
Ferguson added: "Chelsea had an opportunity to sign Torres and I can't think of a club that would not have wanted the striker. It was a fantastic bit of business and I am a fantastic cunt."
Much was made of Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti's decision to start with Torres ahead of Didier Drogba.
Asked if he had made a mistake playing Torres instead of Drogba, the Italian said: "Maybe. Could be. I told you a lot of times this season I wanted to start with Fernando for this kind of game, these type of tactics.
He added: "Didier played well in the second half. I wanted to put more pressure up front because we needed to score. Didier was fresh and he could use his power up front. This was the reason I took out Fernando."
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Well that's that for poor old Fernando.
From fairytale to away with the fairies in a fairly short amount of time.
Quite sad really.
