Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez backs Demba Ba to ease burden on Fernando Torres

Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez is confident the signing of Demba Ba will ease the striking burden on Fernando Torres.

The Blues boss added: "We were looking for a player who can play right now because we have a game every three days and can't be waiting for someone who will take three months to settle into the Premier League. "He scores goals, he can hold the ball up, he can pass, he is good in the air and his movement is good. "He has everything you are looking for in a striker and at Newcastle he showed he can also play as a second striker behind Papiss Cisse. "He can even play out wide but when we have Mata, Hazard, Oscar and Moses, why do I need to use Ba as a winger? He is a striker and we've bought him to compete with Fernando."