Flop Fernando Torres cost Chelsea £75,000 a minute
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar covered 5,176m of the pitch, while Chelsea's £50 million striker covered 5,112m.
As coach Carlo Ancelotti reflects on his part in Chelsea's latest Champions League flop, he might wish to consider a damning statistic -- Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar did more running on the field than Spanish striker Fernando Torres.The United keeper covered 5,176m of the pitch, while Chelsea's £50 million striker covered 5,112m.According to the Sun, it is brutal confirmation of Torres' miserly contribution to the cause since becoming the most expensive footballer in Britain.He has not scored a goal since his move from Liverpool nor even set one up for a teammate, and now it appears, he is not even putting in the effort to justify his ludicrous transfer fee and £1,80,000-a-week wages.Torres has played 11 games for Chelsea without scoring. If you take into account Torres' fee and wages to date, he has cost the club £74,855 for every minute on the pitch. It is no wonder that club owner Roman Abramovich is so frustrated by his club's eight-year failure to win the Champions League. In the five games prior to Torres' arrival, Chelsea scored 17 goals. In the 12 games since they have managed just 12.