Chelsea's £50m move for Fernando Torres a 'worrying sign' for Uefa - report - Goal.com

Uefa has reacted with surprise to Chelsea's capture of Liverpool attacker Fernando Torres for a reported fee of £50 million on deadline day of the January transfer window, according to the Guardian.

Chelsea revealed losses of £71m over the 2009-10 campaign on Monday and the club's decision to spend close to £50m on Torres despite the worrying financial situation didn't go down too well with Europe's football governing body.

An Uefa insider supposedly described the willingness to bid such a figure for a single player as "a worrying sign".

Uefa reportedly consider Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to be a key component of its financial fair play regulations. The aforementioned regulations seek to limit clubs' losses to £38.5m over a three-year period beginning this season.

Uefa president Michel Platini recently warned that clubs that don't comply with the fair play regulations face being banned from Europe.

"It will be time for them to face the music if there is a club that doesn't fall in line," Platini was quoted as saying.