Spanish world cup winning striker has announced he will be retiring from football. One of the greatest Spanish players of all time has decided to hand in his boots and call it quits on football. Fernando Torres will be known as the best Striker for Liverpool and a brilliant forward at Spain! 35-year-old currently plays for a team called Sagan Tosu in Japan’s J1 League and after this season is up for them, he will officially retire from football! He could be classed as a Spanish Legend, however his form from Chelsea wasn’t the best. The £50m move from Liverpool wasn’t the best idea for him at all!
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Torres started off his football career at Atletico Madrid and stunned the world at what he could do. Starting in 2001, Torres did nothing but improve each week. Played 214 games for Atletico Madrid and scoring 82 goals in the process as well. Fernando Torres ended up being a first team player from 2001 and stayed at Atletico Madrid till 2007 before getting a huge move that changed the way Torres was looked at as a footballer.
Liverpool signed Torres in 2007 and made him one of the best footballers in the world at the time. He was voted into the team of the year nearly each year he was at Liverpool and managed to become Liverpool top player! Playing 102 games and scoring 65 goals, Torres was on fire when at Liverpool, winning both the world cup and the euros in the same years as well. Torres was at the top of his game at Liverpool and didn’t look like he was going to stop, however this all changed!
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2011 was the year Fernando Torres changed for the worst! Signed for Chelsea for £50m and this looked like a great signing. Torres was the name every fan was getting on the back of their shirts and everyone thought Torres was going to light up Chelsea, however many fans believe Torres was a flop at Chelsea because he wasn’t the same old Torres like we saw at Liverpool or at the world cup. He seemed to change his style of football when he joined Chelsea and even going out on loan to Milan and back to Atletico, but still didn’t find his form. Scoring only 51 goals in 255 games at all the clubs he was at other than the first time at Atletico and Liverpool.
The Spanish striker will be known as a Legend in a lot of fans but also could be known as one of the biggest flops in Premier League history. He will be remembered as the best Spanish Striker for Spain and Liverpool and maybe be a legend overall, since he was one of the best players in the world at one point!
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