{"id":298,"date":"2012-05-10T01:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2012\/05\/10\/torres-must-regret-leaving-athletico-madrid\/"},"modified":"2017-02-10T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T11:28:03","slug":"torres-must-regret-leaving-athletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2012\/05\/torres-must-regret-leaving-athletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"TORRES MUST REGRET LEAVING ATHLETICO MADRID"},"content":{"rendered":"

After watching his home-town club win their second Europa League Trophy in two years, former Liverpool striker, Fernando Torres must be regretting his decision to ever leave Spain.<\/p>\n

The player, disillusioned by years of failure at Athletico Madrid, where he was made Captain in his teens, moved to Liverpool, England in 2007 for \u00a326 million.<\/p>\n

He hoped for instant glory with Liverpool under Rafa Benitez when the Reds were in the hunt for the Champion’s League and the Premier League.<\/p>\n

However, he failed to gain any silverware in his time at Anfield, througfh no fault of his own, when he scored 46 goals in 56 appearances for the Reds, again, without a trophy.<\/p>\n

Once Xabi Alonso, Mascherano and\u00a0later Rafa Benitez\u00a0all left Liverpool, Torres in his pursuit of glory signed up with Abramovic at Chelsea in a \u00a350 million transfer in January 2011.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, his home club went about winning the Europa League by beating Liverpool, minus an injured Torres & then Fulham in the 2010 Final with his replacement Diego Forlan scoring in the semi against Liverpool when he was injured\u00a0& the final itself.<\/p>\n

With Torres poor form in front of goal at Chelsea since he joined them, (8 goals so far I think), he must be\u00a0agonising over his choice to leave Madrid in the first place.<\/p>\n

True, he now has an FA Cup medal in his locker, silverware at last, but he never got on the pitch in the final.<\/p>\n

And after Chelsea’s drubbing at the hands of Liverpool on Tuesday night, in which he hit the crossbar but his team lost 4-1, he must be regretting his decision to leave Liverpool aswell.<\/p>\n

Finally, with his\u00a0boyhood club winning the Europa\u00a0Cup again thanks to goals by Falcao (2) and Diego, Torres must be cursing his luck in his adopted England.<\/p>\n

If selected, he might score in the Champion’s League against Bayern Munich later this month, if selected.<\/p>\n

Hard luck Nando, former Red, you made several bad career decisions, but you will get no sympathy from Liverpool fans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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