Liverpool broke their switch document to signal Spain striker Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid on today in 2007.
Torres price Liverpool a payment of £26.5 million and was purchased following the membership’s Champions League ultimate defeat to AC Milan by supervisor Rafael Benitez.
He had spent 12 years with hometown membership Atletico, the place he grew to become the youngest participant in membership historical past, making his debut in Might 2001 on the age of 17.
Internationally, Torres’ medal assortment features a World Cup and two European Championships. He remodeled 100 appearances for Spain and he scored the successful purpose within the Euro 2008 ultimate.
At Anfield
Liverpool’s Fernando Torres and captain Steven Gerrard had a powerful partnership (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Torres went on to win the hearts of Liverpool supporters, scoring 81 instances in 142 appearances throughout his 4 years on the membership.
Regardless of Torres’ kind in entrance of purpose, his time at Anfield was a trophy-less one, a slender second-placed Premier League end to rivals Manchester United was the closest they got here to silverware throughout his time on Merseyside.
In 2008-09, the Reds misplaced simply twice within the Premier League, however 11 attracts would show to be their undoing, ending simply 4 factors behind table-topping United, with 86 factors.
Leaving Merseyside
Torres left Anfield for Premier League rivals Chelsea in January 2011 (Chris Ison/PA)
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Torres sealed a £50 million transfer from Liverpool to Premier League rivals Chelsea in 2011, breaking apart a prolific partnership with then Reds captain Steven Gerrard.
It was a tumultuous time then at Anfield, Benitez had left the membership, and the house owners have been seeking to promote when he left for London.
Torres’ transfer south didn’t carry with it the identical impression as his spell at Liverpool.
The Spaniard discovered the web simply 45 instances in 172 matches, though he left with FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League winners’ medals.
Transfer away from England
After Chelsea, Torres moved to AC Milan earlier than returning to Atletico and ending in Japan (Adam Davy/PA)
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Torres moved to AC Milan on a two-year mortgage in August 2014 earlier than making the transfer everlasting in January, however shortly after he returned to Atletico on mortgage till the top of the 2015-16 season.
Torres signed a everlasting take care of Atletico in July 2016 and would keep there for an additional two seasons earlier than he ended his profession with Sagan Tosu in Japan.
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