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Welcome back to One on One, the most in-depth football show on YouTube.
You’ve been asking for it, so here it is! The Rise & Fall of Atletico Madrid and Spain legend, Fernando #Torres.
However, we’re going to put a slight twist on it…
Instead of simply charting his highs and lows, we’re going to argue that his career deserves more respect. The move to #Chelsea has unfairly tarnished his legacy and we’re here to put that right.
At 17, he helped rebuild a fallen giant. At 24, he turned #Liverpool into title contenders at the first time of asking. Even post his torrid spell in London, he went on to score in a European Championship final and surpass 100 La Liga goals for Atleti; finally securing major silverware with his hometown club aged 34.
We also reassess his aforementioned period at The Blues – which people often dismiss as a complete failure… Was he worth £50m? No. Was he a “total flop”? Absolutely not.
We’ve dug out the numbers to back up why.
When people think Fernando Torres, the overriding sentiment is “what might have been”. But this does a great disservice to a player who eventually found his way back from the brink after sinking into the football abyss. That takes a special kind of mental fortitude.
Come and learn something new about El Nino.
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