Report: Valencia eyeing Fernando Torres swoop

Fernando Torres is reportedly top of a list of summer transfer targets for the prospective new owner of Spanish club Valencia.

The La Liga club, who have been beset by financial worries over much of the past decade and have been to sell their best players to raise cash, are set to be taken over by Singapore business Peter Lim.

And the Sunday People claims that enquiries have been made by Lim's representatives into the striker's availability with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has conceded that the Spaniard will be a success at Stamford Bridge.

Torres, 30, is believed to be valued at £13m with Blues colleague Romelu Lukaku said to be exiting the West London club as well as the club looks to be more self-sufficient in generating transfer funds for potential targets.

The ex-Liverpool frontman is thought to want a return to Spain in order to rediscover his goalscoring touch.