Strikers Fernando Torres, Andy Carroll go head-to-head struggling to live up to price tags

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Manchester United\'s Wayne Rooney, right, is kept from the ball by West Ham\'s Andy Carroll during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Wednesday Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

LONDON – Burdened by huge transfer fees, Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll are set to go head-to-head Saturday when Chelsea faces West Ham in the Premier League.

In one frenzied day in 2011, Torres went from Liverpool to Chelsea for 50 million pounds (then $80 million), prompting his former side to snap up Carroll from Newcastle for 35 million pounds (then $56 million).

Liverpool has since offloaded Carroll to West Ham — temporarily at least — to see if he can rediscover his goal-scoring touch. But it took Carroll nine games to get off the mark for West Ham in Sunday’s 3-1 loss at Tottenham.

Torres has scored only 18 times in 88 league and cup matches for Chelsea.

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