Rafa to take Torres to Italy and other red-hot gossip

Rafael Benitez will take star striker Fernando Torres with him to Juventus if he opts to leave Liverpool for the Serie A giants. According to reports, Benitez believes Torres is the man to fire Juve back into the upper echelons of Italian and European football. Elsewhere, Juve are also hoping to lure Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna to the Stadio delle Alpi, while they will use goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and midfielder Felipe Melo to lure Robin van Persie from Arsenal to Turin; Brazil striker Luis Fabiano has hinted Manchester United would be his destination of choice if he leaves Sevilla in the summer; and Hamburg defender Jerome Boateng is set to join brother Kevin-Prince, the Portsmouth forward, in English football with a move to Manchester City.