[photo by Nigel Wilson]

El Niño is the warming of the Pacific Ocean, and things warmed up pretty quickly last night as Fernando Torres (nicknamed El Niño) joined Chelsea from Liverpool for a fee reported to be £50 million ($79.5 million). Liverpool supporters burned Torre's #9 in disgust and one supporter described the transfer stating that "It feels like the wife's had an affair, then rung to say he's better in bed than me." On the Liverpool official site another left this comment: "Fernando Torres, You'll forever walk alone!!"

The transfer is a British transfer record surpassing Andy Carroll's £35 million ($56.3 million) move from Newcastle United to Liverpool earlier in the day. Prior to both the record was Robinho's £32.5 million move from Real Madrid to Manchester City.

So what does this mean for Liverpool? Well to start the nice £50 million they recieved for Torre's transfer is going to help pay for their two new Forwards: Luis Suarez and the arguably over-priced Andy Carroll. Suarez is small and nimble and Carroll is big and powerful, so the two should complement each other nicely. Carroll will take the role of the main striker, and Suarez will be his support.

Torres has been struggling since the World Cup this past Summer, while Suarez and Carroll are arguably on top of their game. Do you think Liverpool were a better team prior to the Transfer Deadline, or after the Transfer Deadline? Leave your response in the comments section.

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