Fernando Torres On why he left liverpool. Documentary (The Last Symbol).
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- Torres on why he left Liverpool to join Chelsea.
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This one still stings the most. Torres was our golden boy. Even when he was at Chelsea id still root for him. Will never forget the Long hair, Headband, Long sleeves , and the T90s. Legend
“I chose the place I thought would get me closer to what I didn’t have. The reason I left home…. Titles!”
@@edmondm22they are football players. Not a club player so they have their own expectations to achieve. The same reason RVP left Arsenal for Man U, but a part of Arsenal fans understand by looking at the club's willingness to spend. We should just remember the good memories they've played for the club
@@ahmadsyakirin7987 True bro, and I am one who supported his move to Chelsea. I only quoted him in the statement he made, and t made sense as he got an massive trophy which Chelsea had Keats longed for.
Love Torres still to this day even now still hurts he left him and gerreard got me into Liverpool
When Torres left, it broke my heart as a fan. Suarez, Sterling, coutinho , Alonso even Gerrard didn’t hurt that bad. Torres was our favourite
I think ur right..The next big player that left us was Suarez which at first hurt my heart but I respect it as he had actually carried us to near PL title. Torres did break my heart for a long time as he went to Chelsea IMO. One of our ex legend went to MU n hes no longer part of the LFC family in my books (im talking about u M.Owen)
@@triplecchillout6523 Torres broke my heart but Suarez topped it and it also angered me because he almost carried is to a title but he also played a part in us missing out on it aswell people talk about the Gerrard slip but if he didn't have that ban at the start of the season I am convinced we would have won the league. Sterling didn't bother me at all but he's definitely the one I hate out of them all.
I preferred Suarez over Torres
I have to disagree suarez was wow at Liverpool the power speed his intelligence reading the game omg
As a player Suarez was levels above Torres. Suarez is a great player who is still a bit underrated. Torres is a very good player who is slightly overrated.
He came back for a charity match and played up front with Suarez. He got a huge cheer and all the old songs came out. Still loved by the fans.
Speak for yourself bud
I was there. Nostalgia at it’s finest.😢
@@KV-zg3oh Torres is still loved by the fans, he played on Saturday in the LFC Legends match, the first time he's pulled on a Liverpool home shirt since he left in 2011. And he got the biggest standing ovation when he scored. While most of us were hurt when he went to Chelsea, most of us are also mature enough to understand why he left.
I'll give you 3 words to explain Fernando Torres exit in 2011: Gillet and Hicks. They sacked Rafa, a manager who won us the Champions League and replaced him with Roy Hodgson, the worst Liverpool manager since the inception of the Premier League. With Liverpool going backwards instead of forwards it was only a matter of time until Torres patience ran out - he came to Liverpool on the promise of winning trophies, and we didn't deliver.
@@acurisur he didn’t deliver either. Sick of the idea that a player comes to a club for the club to deliver trophies. It was his job to deliver the trophies. He didn’t just leave, he went to Chelsea.
@@KV-zg3oh Mate, Chelsea isn't a direct rival like you think they are. Man Utd and Everton are. Torres did deliver, other players didn't, we conceded too many goals as well. It's not just about scoring goals, you need a rock solid defence. When we did finally win a PL title, it was because we had a world class goalkeeper in Alisson and a world class centre back in Van Dijk.
Torres had neither of those in his Liverpool team, he had Gerrard and Alonso, neither of whom are particularly defensive. And Torres was literally told that the club would deliver trophies, that was how we lured him away from Athletico Madrid.
Know what I'm sick of? Liverpool supporters who know sod all about things but then bitch about our ex players.
“I know that Stevie was devastated when I left. I was as well. I remember the flight from Liverpool to London. I did not know what to feel. I was not happy, I was not angry; I was empty. I was on a helicopter and it was getting dark, flying over Liverpool below. I began to feel sad. I was so happy there, so, so happy…”
-Fernando Torres (quote taken from Ring of fire)
Well why did he leave then? Pure snake who sold his soul.
@@George-wv5hf The team was in decline and nothing was being done about it. Plus Torres was already exiting his prime and it would have been his only chance to go to a title contender.
@JabbyMayoCD it certainly wouldn't have been his last chance at a title, any other club in the world would have signed him at that point. He chose one of Liverpools bitter rivals in Chelsea, snake for life. I hope he doesn't coach about loyalty in his current role.
@@George-wv5hf read the full interview if you have any questions, he explains everything. Whether you agree with what he says is another thing, but at least give it a chance
@Killua Zoldyck there's no explanation needed, he's trying to mend the bridges burnt with the Liverpool fan base. It rivals Sol Campbells move from Spurs to Arsenal.
In a way, this man did live up to his talent. He scored over 300 goals in his career playing in leagues like La Liga, Premier League and with Spain.
He didn't
@@nyikasplace9886 he did😁
@@Docu-Mentary no
@@nyikasplace9886 lol I give up🤣🤣
@@nyikasplace9886 he's in a category with Benzema, Suarez, Ibrahimovic, Messi and Ronaldo. How many modern forwards in the last 30 years have clocked up that many goals?
He was next to Ronaldo and Messi guys at a moment. Imagine being in a league of forwards like Henry, Drogba,Rooney and defenders still fear you the most. I think this guy defined agility at it's best.
OK, so the first line is utter nonsense; he was never even close to the level of Ronaldo or Messi.
The second part, that defenders feared him more than Henry, Drogba & Rooney, I'm willing to bet is not based on facts.
So, where is your source that has every defender or even most of them, stating that they feared Torres the most?
I'll give you 24 hours to either provide this or admit you made it up!
@@dawnmancaloriankeebals4262 He was 3rd in ballon d'or 2008 behind Messi and Ronaldo dude. He was clinical finisher and insanely fast in his prime. I would say that defenders might really be affraid of him the most at the time.
@Mr.Robot Third doesn't mean you're on their level now, does it?
It wasn't a question of whether or not defenders feared him; I'm sure they did but feared him more than Henry? I doubt it. Torres was never even at Henry's level.
As for "dude," your observational skills suggest you're hardly the person to rely on here.
@@dawnmancaloriankeebals4262 let's ask vidic
@Stephen Docherty Let's first look at the stats.
3 goals in 7 games against Manchester United for Liverpool that's hardly anything to boast about, though better than the one goal in 8 for Chelsea and Vidic didn't play.
So 3 goals in 14 games.
Now, let's look at Vidic.
Red cards, 4 of his 8 red cards came against Liverpool, but none of them were challenges made on Torres.
Unfortunately for you, the Torres destroying Vidic every game is just a myth.
But, as you said, let's ask Vidic.
"Torres was a top player," he said. "At the time, he was probably the best striker in the league. He scored a few goals against United.
"In the Premier League, I had some good games against [Didier] Drogba, sometimes bad.
"I played well against Torres one week, then one game bad, that's the Premier League. You're not going to be on top of your game every week.
"It's why I like the Premier League. In one game, you're going to be against a strong player like Drogba, the next it'll be a Torres or [Sergio] Aguero.
"If people see me live, they say, 'I thought you were much bigger!' I was never big, but I gave everything in challenges.
"It's why I never got bigger because I knew the next week I'd have Torres or Aguero, so I never spent as much time in the gym as you have to adapt to players."
In another interview he stated "People say: 'You had a difficult game against Torres', but it was just the one game," Vidić said. "I misjudged the distance and Torres scored.”
Interestingly, no mention of fear or of Torres being the one he feared the most.
In fact, when asked about the four toughest strikers he faced in the Premier League, he named Didier Drogba, Sergio Agüero, Luis Suárez and Peter fricken Crouch!!!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am a chelsea fan, yet torres still love liverpool. I didn't remembered what year when he one-by-one with liverpool gk at dying minute, he could score it I was 100% sure he could. But, he passed to willian, and willian scored for us. At that moment, I knew he still love liverpool.
That was 2013 when Gerrard slipped 😂
The only time I ever cried due to a football matter was the day i guests he was signing for Chelsea! I was 14 and it broke my heart into tiny tiny pieces! He was the reason I started to watch LFC and they are my favourite club to this point!
And so did i when Phil left us.
Are you still gay or did you straighten out?
We got Suarez with his money, and you can say what you will about Suarez but he was just as deadly as Torres but Suarez played in a much inferior Liverpool team and still got tons of goals and that's saying something..
@@marioalm1330 sorry
@@Dragonaut111 Suarez was literally a cheat code in fifa with max stats in finishing vollleys dribbles etc he was so fkin good for Liverpool better than people say or give him credit for he was incredible to watch and so deadly near goal never seen anyone like him really
When he moved out to Chelsea, I was so devastated and angry. But now when I'm older, I understood very well on why he decided so. Liverpool at that time weren't stable enough. If I knew this back in the day, I probably wanted him to leave anyway for his own career.
I remember being a kid and throwing my Torres shirts around my bedroom in a tantrum lmao
I shed tears when the news came man...i was out of the world thinking that gerrard-torres partner would definitely bag us the title
Big win today
@@uhasuhdude6567 I remember being an adult and doing the same thing...I mean-grow up!
we all knew... I think Beniters was the manager at the time (and the new ownership)... they were swapping out players quicker than he could change their panties
Broke my heart when he left, but understand now why, Liverpool were in shambles back then, we were lucky to not be broke, we were what, a few days away from that and losing everything? He's still a Liverpool legend in my eyes, he gave us dreams back then
👍👍👍
Liverpool already broke back then and glad transaction went quickly, we re lucky not to become Leeds or Blackburn
Yes, that news broke my heart as a Liverpool-fan. But at the same time, I understand why He did it. For all his goals, especially His goals against United, He will still be one of my favorite LFC-players
He's the reason I don't get attached to players anymore. If Salah leaves tomorrow I wouldn't be sad more than one day.
@@mralireza931 I wholehearted know what you're talking about. Exactly same reason why I don't get attached to players any more.
(Salah staying or not crossed my mind a couple of times while watching this video.)
But there is one big difference: The current club hierarchy values and respects Mo (as a footballer and person) much more than what the then hierarchy did with Torres. So hoping for the best.
His goals against United???? He scored like 2 goals against United.
This is the most painful transfer in the club that I have witnessed. Torres broke my heart when he left Liverpool.
He still remains my favourite footballer. His calmness on the pitch is unparalleled.
He was my idol as a kid when he started with Atleti. He brought the club back from nothing. With game and later with leaving money when he go to Liverpool. It was sad but now you realize his sale made posible the beginning blocks of what slow build toward the Simeone era. So happy he returned but very sad he fell so close to the Champions with Atleti in 2016.
Couldn’t hit a barn door after he left us and was lost without gerrard traitor
If that time villa and torres in liverpool
Gerrard alonso mascherano
Wow how many cup would they have??🙇🙇
@@petermarsden4444 Liverpool betrayed him with empty promises.
And he ain't english so hows that a betrayal?
Moron
Torres is bigger than Liverpool anyways
@@gipgop4740 😂😂😂 your funny no body is bigger than Liverpool if they don’t want to play for us we get rid simple as that hope he got rid of that tattoo YNWA my arse 😂👍
His Chelsea career wasn't as bad as made out, injury had already dulled some of his sharpness but he still contributed a lot especially in Europe, one season he scored 22 goals in all competitions which is a good return. The problem is the price tag and the evidence from what we'd seen at Liverpool a year before he left set the bar so high.
True bro
He got injured in that Euro championship representing Spain. Since then he wasn't the same player coming back to Liverpool. So i dont think its about the price tag at all. He got crocked pretty bad. Some of the fans were asking him to be sold while there's still value
Ever since Maguire went to united for 70 mil , the standard for bad deals has been set way above Torres at chelsea
@@ice_ffxiv3012 now its kepa for 70 mil which is just as hilarious. man u and chelsea are the best for wasting money
It was pretty bad. The problem is it's almost impossible to work out whether it's a bad because of a general loss of ability, or because of how Chelsea played at that time (and since, few strikers have done consistently well for them to trouble the top of the goal rankings, and many other top level strikers had similarly poor output or troubled careers at the club) - but it was clear by the time he went to AC Milan he was a spent player, at only 31, and his career back at Athletico he was a shadow of his former self.
Loved Torres. Still do. He loved Liverpool but the club was a mess when he went. The owners were a joke, executives brought in that weren’t football people. The club was rudderless and getting rid of key players plus Benitez was the final straw for Torres. He was approaching 27 and hadn’t won anything at club level. He made a decision based on ambition and no one can’t begrudge him that. He’ll always be a Liverpool legend.
His explanation for his decision to leave is extremely reasonable and I appreciate hearing his perspective. Had he left for Barca or Madrid, I don't think the sting would have been nearly so bad and I think reconciliation would have come in time as the smoke cleared from that disastrous era for the club. But specifically pushing to go to Chelsea was what burned the bridge for him. Many supporters will simply never get over that. People get divorced. But not every divorcee goes on to shack up with his ex's best friend. It would be like today, if Mo Salah broke off contract talks and demanded to go to Man City.
If Mo ever did that.... Idk what I'd do
Torres leaving for Chelsea and Suarez leaving for Barca are the most painful transfers for me. Suarez left us after being at the very top of the world and look how suffering it was for us back in 2014/15 season where we're finally got to play in the UCL again. Torres left for a domestic rival and in such very difficult time. Glad I didn't feel so devastated when Coutinho left because we got VVD, a player that we really need at that time
@@nridhm IMO, Suarez was sad, but it didn't feel like a back-stabbing the way Torres did. Suarez had wanted to leave the year before, he left for the biggest and best club in the world (at the time) to play as the wingman to the best player ever, his wife's family lived in Spain, etc. It was an understandable transfer to an understandable and inoffensive destination. It just hurt because he was so amazing for us.
You can’t compare it to if Salah was to go to City coz it’s understandable why he lest. The hierarchy at the club was a mess and they tried to put our club into the ground to benefit their back pockets. Torres was different gravy and should of been competing for the elite trophies but the lack of investment and ambition at Liverpool made him leave. Especially because he didn’t feel loved with the leadership when they come in.
Same case with RVP leaving Arsenal.
To be fair he's still loved at liverpool
By who? Not by any Liverpool fans. He did well and he left.
@@alberthagan8909 loads of the true football fans love him . He was finished it was great business by Liverpool as injuries had caught up with he’d lost edge . Have you ever seen a world class player go from his time at Liverpool which wa# outstanding to absolutely shite at Chelsea . He was finished
Because he was an utter failure everywhere else
Only because he was pretty much a bust at Chelsea...
@@alberthagan8909 Yes, he's still loved by many Liverpool fans - doesn't mean if u dont like the guy that every other liverpool fan automatically does !
Literally all he wanted was to feel important, needed and loved - not just by the fans, who many still love him as their favourite today - but the Liverpool leadership at the time saw him as just another number 9, really a toxic place to be coming from your hometown club where you were loved even on your bad days. Can't blame him, a footballers career is short lived, you need to make the most of it while you can and win what you can - someone like Harry Kane may regret that after his career ends, but respect to him for digging it out with spurs as long as he has before the city bid.
That is what HE claims. I don't buy it. He left because Roy Hodgson took Liverpool on a downwards spiral in the first half of the 2010/11 season before Kenny came in and halted the dive.
This 'toxic leadership' did not make Torres want to leave in 2009 and 2010 when Liverpool were challenging for trophies, and ironically would have likely won them if Torres himself wasn't such a sick note.
@@lyndoncmp5751 The toxic leadership from the former owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks had an enormous negative effect on the club during that time. I still remember my mum going out to protest with all the other true Liverpool fans, actual scouser who cared about the football not the status.
Tony
They came in 2007. Torres didn't want to leave when Liverpool were challenging for trophies. He wanted to leave when Hodgson took Liverpool nose diving towards the bottom of the table.
There was not a mass exodus due to the owners. That is complete revisionism.
@@lyndoncmp5751 totally agree.. this seems like nonsense... Man said he went and told then he wants to leave.. and next day "they betrayed him and let the news out". Sure they did. But that's doesn't make it so HE didn't betray LFC by going and asking to leave. Still a traitor.
Kane read your comment and offhe went to Germany
I fell in love with liverpool due to this man. And when he left it was a sad day for me. I even tried watching him in chelsea but he was just not the same player I fell in love with as when he was in liverpool. But ill always appreciate him as a player no matter what. He was my introduction to the football world and nobody can take tht away from me. YNWA
Bruh another one just like me. Can you tell me what match it was when you felt in love with LFC thanks to him. Mine was against Marseille. The black kit!
@@njtherealone1961 he was my idol since his atleti days , hes handsome great striker and a captain at a very young age , i always hoped that i am fernando torres lol , and liverpool was my favourite team since that 2005 magic so yeah his moves to lfc was one of the best day in my life 👊🏼👊🏼
Mine 2
El ninio
His time at Chelsea wasn’t that good he’s only remembered for his goal in the UCL semis against Barcelona which is still important tho
He is the player that made me watch football. He is the player that made me support Liverpool. And he was the best player then when I started to watch football. Only because of him I am a Liverpool fan and will always be. He is my GOAT. It is sad to see this but we cannot blame the circumstances then.
Mine 2😁
Same......the reason I became Liverpool fan
Easy, shoot your brother. And then shoot your other brother. Liverpool had to see Daglish retire, then Fowler, then Owen injured never recovered, then Torres who left. You don’t go to the directors as if you are some sort of a big shot, Liverpool isn’t built to be a one man show. It is a family after Everton packed their bags and left, and became a legendary club, as a family. Liverpool has a core value, it is why we don’t buy stars after stars and create a dream team. Look at Barca, look at Aston Villa, Leeds United, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest, and so many others like AC Milan actually dropped under relegation zone despite had the strongest team in the world once. Who we have now, Origi, Mane, Firmino, Jota, Salah, Keita, Henderson, Fabinho, Chamberlain, Milner, TAA, Robertson, Tsimikas, VVD, Matip and so on and so forth, you don’t see any pre known stars playing in the top teams. Same as before, so when I hear Liverpool making a move on mbappe I’m like, rumours, that’s all it is.
@@ajstyles5704 true bro their system for transfer is too good
Hello newbies
I still miss this guy.He was the best striker in the world at some moment in time while he played for LFC...YNWA
When I was 7 years old I watched Fernando Torres play for The first time and he immediately became my favorite player. Despite loving Ronaldinho and Xavi and how good they were Torres was just the role model I wanted to emulate as a player. 20 years later I’m an obsessed Liverpool supporter and Torres is still my favorite player. His impact shouldn’t be overlooked.
I understand why he left. The club wasn’t at his level at the time. But, man, he broke my heart at 17. I still miss him. He’s the one player that broke my heart. It’s mad really
I disagree about the club not being on his level. I would argue Liverpool had a better squad in 2007-2010 than 2004-2007 when they reached 2 champions league finals and won the fa cup 2006. Its just that Man U , Chelsea and to a lesser extent Arsenal back then had MONSTER squads and coaches, so he couldn't win anything domestically. Benitez leaving for Inter also counted i'm sure. Also Liverpool sold Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa to Madrid in the summer of 2009...so his whole Spanish entourage left...leaving him , i'm assuming, rather alone and isolated in the dressing room.And ofc when you sell some of your best players , instead of bringing superstars, that shows you the intentions of the owners.He saw that those American owners didnt want to invest big money to build a trophy winning side and he went there for trophies.
The best striker in the world from 2007 to 2009. I loved watching him play
So Thierry Henry played as a Center back ????
@@JaymzZeppelin No chance Suarez during that period he was relatively unknown at Ajax. Drogba maybe
@@bigboymatthew7471 he was at Barca then and not exactly flying. Henry best striker ever in the Prem though
@@JaymzZeppelin in the Dutch league! theres no chance anyone was calling Suarez the best striker in the world from 2007-09.
@@JaymzZeppelin Torres finished 3rd in ballon'dor in 2008.
This may sound harsh but people who unironically still don't understand why he left the club at that time are either uninformed, ignorant or too blinded by their subjective bias. LFC was pretty much irrelevant for most of the 2010s, even when Klopp arrived it took him 3-4 years and a whole new squad to create a sustainable winning culture at the club but by that time Torres had already won 4 major club trophies elsewhere and was past his prime anyway. Regardless how "underwhelming" his time at Chelsea was, his decision to leave Liverpool back then was definitely reasonable.
So true bro that y I'm posting this videos to show people y he left. The main reason behind all of it
exactly after finishing 2nd in 2008/09 they regressed to 7th the following season sacked Benitez brought in Roy Hodgson for crying out loud and finished 6th in 2010/11 and Torres left mid season.
Alonso and mascherano left too, but abroad , going to rivals Chelsea is what left the sour taste. That's why the fans disliked him after.
I wouldn’t say Liverpool were irrelevant for the 2010s… they might’ve not been as successful but they were still competitive, Suarez and countino could’ve gone to arsenal but choose to stay at Liverpool for a reason…
Indeed. But Torres didn’t have to leave for that ‘club’ Chelsea, however.
I'm sure after he saw them sell Alonso and Mascherano in bak to back summer transfers, he knew the window was closed to compete with United and Chelsea and that's why he requested a move. If he wanted to be loyal and think with feelings, he would have stayed in Atletico anyway.
Those are key factors usually forgotten. I think he had the heart to leave Spain rather than go to Real or Barca. That shows his truest loyalty was Atleti at the end of the day.
@@martinthemillwright thats why this fuckin trash never learn english at all
As a liverpool supporter, I still remember your goal against Chelsea. You are our legend
The documentary was such a good watch and the memories came flooding back. Prime Torres and Gerrard were simply on another level. Untouchable and never forgotten.
The certainly were. If we had decent owners, had replaced Kenny as interim by a proper progressive manager and added Suarez to that team we were ready to challenge and win trophies, of that I'm sure. No disrespect to Kenny, he's LFC's greatest, but the game at that point had passed him by as a manager.
It's a shame what the Liverpool executives did to him but I'm so glad he came to Chelsea. He never could reach the levels he was at Liverpool but he scored really important goals for us. He won the Champions league, Europa league & FA cup with Chelsea. Still love him to this day.
and as a Liverpool fan you actually got a 10m pound player you paid us 50 for. that 50m you paid for him, that started the Liverpool rebirth. Suarez came in with that money and thats when shit started to happen at Liverpool. The best sale along with Little Phil Liverpool did. Both of those made the club a powerhouse.
@@minisam1988 yeah but Chelsea won their first ever Champions League and Torres played a crucial role in winning that.
@@minisam1988 That 50 m didn’t start shit. Liverpool bought Andy fuckin Carroll for that money not Suarez. Even if you count that money for Suarez transfer, he also did the same thing and left Liverpool for Barcelona without winning anything like Torres.
You dont even know the reasons he left....greed
@@minisam1988 lol. That 50m didn't do much. You brought Suarez in but couldn't win the epl. If anything, the rebirth started after Gerrard left.
One of my favourite players to ever play for Liverpool when he left I was gutted but he had his reasons to go that’s fair enough but he still adored by Liverpool fans not only that he is a Liverpool fan too and it hurt him just as much as us as fans too. I still watch the videos of his goals for Liverpool every month and never stop smiling seeing the ball in the back of the net. What a player YNWA
Still one of the greatest Liverpool legends of all time. He is there alongside with Suarez as striker.
We still love him, I still have his jersey but when he left I felt like burning it but started to understand his reasons
The reasons he left was because Liverpool were crap under Hodgson and nose dived for half a season.
The ownership excuse did not force him out in 2009 and 2010 when Liverpool were going for trophies.
If he wasn't such a sick note, Liverpool would have won the Premier League in 2009 and UEFA Cup in 2010.
Extremely sad to remember the turmoil our club was going though. The sincerest thank you to Stevie for holding us together in that time when no one else would. Heartbreak for Torres, not knowing the internal battles he faced making that decision. One a red always a red! YNWA Torres 🔴
People often forget that his form dropped off dramatically in his last season at Liverpool.
People thought he was sulking and trying to get a move. Turns out he was never the same great player ever again.
Indeed. Too injury prone 2009 and 2010.
Fans and owners are selfish and use players when they are best for us but we resent it when players put their career first when they only have a decade or so prime to play
He gave up his knee to win a WC. I don't blame him, but after that it was obvious he was no longer the same.
Fantastic exciting player. Lifted everyone and was absolutely loved. For me he's red forever. World class and did it in the biggest finals and against the biggest teams. El Nino! Took Vidic's soul. Too good for Cannavaro. He's right, the club was ruined internally, he was let down, timing. Love this Liverpool Legend. YNWA
For me You will always be a legend ,and Hopefully soon you will coach a top flight team and win leagues 🙏
I remember for years was linked with El Nino and when we finally got him, those first 2 seasons where incredible 👏. Always hoped he'd kick again after leaving chelski but he never seemed to have the same desire.
I don't think it came down to desire as he always gave it his all, he just wasn't the same player after that injury
Fernando Torres score total 320 goals :
Liverpool : 90
Atletico Madrid : 130
Chelsea : 47
AC Milan : 1
Sagan Tosu : 7
Spain National : 45
This number is incredible, for a striker whose form really dropped at chelsea for 3 years.
@@MrZoD77 wasnt injury either,he was inside his own head too much
He was my favorite player growing up and made me support Liverpool. I get his reasoning though, especially now as I'm older. Hicks and Gillett didn't care about the club and had no idea what they were doing. They saw money and that was it. They were rotting it from the inside out and everybody knew it. That Liverpool team featuring Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano was arguably one of the best midfields in the world at the time and all Hicks and Gillett needed to do was invest to get them over the line and they didn't. Instead, they opted for that "sell to buy" policy and started piling on massive amounts of debt. Anybody else would've seen the writing on the wall and, after hearing it from Fernando himself, that the ownership and management didn't care about any of it, let alone players, I can't blame him at all.
Even as a United fan it was sad to see him go. It never really happened for him at Chelsea but an unbelievable player on his day
He’s still one of the best I’ve seen in Liverpool
“I know I am never going to feel the way I felt at Anfield again, even in my dreams,” he says. “Here at Atlético, I am home. It is where I grew up. I was a supporter in the stand, I joined the academy and then I became a player. It is normal that the people love me, because I am one of them. You can do wrong and they forgive you. At Liverpool, there was no reason for this relationship to develop the way it did. How many players have signed for Liverpool, they go there and play and pass the years but nobody remembers what they did? I was lucky. They did not have any reason to love me that way but they made me feel different to any other player.”
-Fernando Torres
(quote from "ring of fire")
They made him one of their own. They usually do with their greats
And this is exactly why it was such a bitter and painful blow for Liverpool fans when he left for Chelsea. Liverpool fans truly took him in and LOVED him like their own. He was their golden boy basically.
Now years later, that wound has healed for most fans but...it's hard to not remember the end to his time at Liverpool while reminiscing about the good memories.
@@melv5816 The way he went was designed to hurt a place where he was happy, his words left a bitter taste too and on top of that came a high price tag. Combined, the pressure ruined his form and I believe his psyche was more fragile than he thought. From being the ''main man'' he turned into a disappointing squad player who occasionally showed his old brilliance.True, he won some medals, but far too often he was merely a bit player. Quite sad when all's considered. We missed him and he ultimately damaged his own career, that is, if a career is not only judged by silverware.
At his peak, the best striker on the planet. Will never forget what he did for us and, in particular, what an absolute mug he made of Vidić, especially in that famous thrashing of _ManU_ at _Old Trafford!_
*_YN🔴❤🔴WA_*
He made a mug out of Vidic once, it never happened again.
Fernando Torres Liverpool's number 9! My all time fav player and idol growing up! Always will love torres. Y.N.W.A El Nino 🔴🔴🔴💯❤️
First New signing I ever fell in love with. El Niño and Stevie together were unstoppable, absolutely heartbroken as a kid when he left but I never resented him for it, I loved him too much. Always my footballing idol🙌🏻🙌🏻
The club was owned by a bunch or money hungry tyrants. The owners didn't deserve Torres. The fans did. I am Liverpool through and through, I am also unashamedly a Fernando Torres fan. The criticism he received was not justified. He was the king, the kid, El-Nino. He was one of a kind. We all miss him and hope that one day Jurgen Klopp can get him back for those legends games.
Would be great man
Torres was 27 at the time and Liverpool weren’t going anywhere fast. They finished 7th the season before 6th then 8th. He was past his best in 2010 he no longer had the pace to lead the line. Liverpool getting £50million was probably the best thing IMO he wasn’t worth half that in 2011. From 07-09 he was probably one of the best strikers in the world but injuries completely killed him.
It’s always the same with most fast players, end up straining their hamstrings having to adapt their fast paced game to a more slower one due to the fact they don’t want to aggrivate their leg muscles anymore, same with Michael Owen & Sturridge, quite sad really
I'm afraid you're right. For two seasons he was incredible. He seemed to get found out after that. He's a Liverpool legend in my book, but compared to Mohmmed Salah.... nah.
thank you for coming to Chelsea during your hard time !
maybe not your best years, but you contributed SO much. underrated imo.
As a United Fans, i admit Torres is one of Goal Scoring Machine at his prime. Every defender face Torres like facing Thunderstorm
I have supported Liverpool since my teens in 1976 and needless to say how much I love the club! I have no hard feelings against Torres. Instead, I love him and if I ever meet him I will tell him YNWA. Yes, from my perspective he made a mistake he went to Chelsea but so did Michael Owen, and many others. We're all humans and we're not perfect. We make mistakes all the time. Wish Torres had stayed and one could only imagine what a heavenly duo Torres and Luis Suarez would've been. Had he stayed 2014 to say the least would've been our season!
He won the the league, domestic and European glory and that was what he wanted. He wanted to be a winner and was looking for higher things and Liverpool couldn't provide that.
With torres u wud never got suarez
@@hiseverest9074 It's a fair assessment pal: you've got him and you've got domestic and European glory. Had he stayed with us together with Suarez the rest is history.
@@bia8367 What makes you so sure to say that? We've got Suarez for 20 mil and we've got Caroll for 35 mil. Perhaps, you mean Caroll.
@@albusha5150 i meant when u had torres your team wudnt go after suarez. They wud be quite happy with torres alone. Once he was sold, u needed a new forward.
It was fascinating to see the legend that left Liverpool became such a chump at Chelsea... Guess it was mostly the knee injury but he almost seemed cursed (or acute lack of confidence)
I will always respect and love the way torres played football. His liverpool poster will always remain on my wall and heart.
This man went to chelsea won trophy. Still nobody remembers he played there.. they will allways remember the Liverpool Fernando Torres
Most painful transfer.He was so loved at LFC.
While at the time I was heartbroken he was by far my favorite player. Looking back now it worked out for everyone, while he was never close to the player he was annd for £50 mill a huge dud he got his trophies and Liverpool got Suarez from the money raised which was a huge upgrade from an injury ravaged Torres. Stil have a Torres signed Liverpool shirt framed on my wall for the good memories.
You got Caroll fam.. A far worse signing for Liverpool
This man made me fall in love with Liverpool as a Manc. In 08 I was 9 years old
Torres taught me to never love a player with all my heart. I was absolutely heartbroken when he left.
I loved him at Liverpool. I grew up watching him play and he was my favourite player. I was his biggest fan. I still am tbh...
I understood why he chose to leave, the club at that time was ruined; the people in charge were parasites and the team was a shadow of it's former self.
But it broke my heart when he chose Chelsea. I would have accepted it if he went abroad but out of all the clubs he moved to Chelsea.
what part of Liverpool are you from
Broke my heart. Brought us some great memories. The man who always stepped up.
This man deserved more at that day... I am broke when his left long ago.. But doesnt matter now.. He is one of our legend
Watching this right now makes me understand why he did it and im glad he won titles with Chelsea, he is my fav striker i love his finishing move going past the goalkeeper
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I don't think I'll ever love a player as much as I loved him. I hold no ill against this man because it's true that we were a mess at the time and he didn't have to stay and be a part of that
That goal he scored for Chelsea against Barcelona and we won the Champions League will always be remembered 💙💙💙
Yeah scored goal when they was allready going through worth 50 million 😂
This guy was my hero growing up and made me a liverpool fan it was heartbreaking when he left
i will always hold Torres in the highest regard in terms of Liverpool legends especially knowing what i know now about the situation that led to him leaving if i was in the peak of my career and the club weren't stable or capable of matching my ambition i'd probably leave too yes i love the club but at the end of the day football is a short career
"It's still hard to understand why he left" says Henry Winter. No, it's not. Liverpool were a midtable team going nowhere at the time and Torres was a player arguably in his prime years. It's not that hard to figure out why he left. But it is well known British football journalists are biased towards traditional big clubs like Liverpool.
Exactly. That wanker pretends to be shocked but it’s quite easy to understand Torres’ decision. But like you said British media are heavily biased towards Liverpool. That’s why they can’t accept this.
I disagree. It's the same reason why Gerrard ended up staying at Liverpool. He would have been just another player at Chelsea (which happened to Torres) rather than being a legend. He was totally unprofessional before he left. Yes, he had issues with the board but that was not the fans, his team mates or his coaches fault. By leaving in the way he did, he disrespected them all.
@@GavinWoods He was already a legend at his boyhood club Athletico. He didn’t need to be a legend everywhere. He won the trophies he wanted in football partly as a result of leaving. You also have to look at it from his perspective.
@@theatreofdreams7 British media are heavily biased london clubs, get your facts right
This is it. Torres left on my birthday and naturally I was very angry, but as an athlete, you only have so much time. Time was running out for Torres and what he achieved at Chelsea, he would have never achieved that at Liverpool, especially with the transitioning of the club
As a lifeline LFC fan, this is the transfer that hurt the most.Imagine the partnership he would have had with Saurez.Still like Torres and certainly didn't go and burn posters of him.The guy was an amazing footballer, up there in his prime with Ronaldo.
The money Liverpool collected from his sales was used to purchase Suarez, 😂
As a liverpool fan what torres did to us as a fans he won a ton of trophies for us and ee really enjoyed his last minutes goals
YNWA Torres
A man that make me love Liverpool fc, also the man that broke my heart after. But still he is my favorite Liverpool player after gerrard
My favorite Liverpool player back in the day, was absolutely heart broken when he left, understandable now after hearing his side and now I'm mature enough to accept why most footballers only care for trophies specially the foreign ones. His Chelsea tenure does give me some solace as his career went terribly downhill since leaving Liverpool, much deserved for the betrayal, may have won some trophies on paper but truth be told he'd have earned a legend status had he left amicably a few years later and not to our rivals. Love him or hate him, he was a Liverpool great, still my fav striker to play for reds, Gerrard-Torres duo was sensational, thanks for the wonderful memories Fernando ❤️
Will always be a Liverpool legend. Hurt when he left but I remember back then how pissed off I was with the club because of the low ambition and lack of good signings. Just wish he moved to a different league and not Chelsea. But still… YNWA Torres!!!
Legends don't leave when the going gets tough.
He’s not a Liverpool legend
Legend? I don't think that word means what you think it means.
the reason why i love & become liverpool fans, its because of you Torres, thank you for bring my heart to this club..13 years and still counting, #ynwa
He was the reason I became a Liverpool supporter so his departure really hurt back then but watching this helped me see his side of the story a bit more. Still sucks but oh well he taught me to not get attached to any players because only very few are truly loyal to their clubs. They have ambitions and can only play so many years so it’s not surprising that loyalty isn’t their first priority.
Liverpool got the best years out of him and when it seemed like the end of the world when he left we signed someone who grew much better in Suarez but Liverpool still had a long time to reach the top again. Torres may have got the trophies he was looking for at club football at Chelsea and that goal against Barcelona somewhat saved his Chelsea career because he was a flop but he repaid his fee with that goal alone. Leaving for silverware is understandable but going to Chelsea was the problem
He was the reason i started supporting this beautiful football club i cried when he left but i can finally forgive now that i understand why he left we're sorry Torres
Me 2 I started watching football because of him
One of my fav striker! He has won everything from golden shoes, mvp, small cups to Epl, Champion league, World Cup, etc. except one - Ballon D'or.
i remember the heartbreak of him leaving then the joy of his career taking a nose dive, but liverpool were blessed to get the best years out of him and he was a joy watch..
You can tell he never really wanted to leave :(
He is my Idol always Liverpool legend 🔴
I almost cried he was a legend in the making
If he had left to go abroad we would still Love Torress
First time i saw him score that 1st goal vs chelsea where he got past Ben Haim and scored past Cech, Torres was my instant favorite player. I even bought a magazine with his poster and put it in my locker. When he left, it was so painful for me but I somewhat forgave him instantly because he did not win even 1 title in Liverpool. He made the right choice imo
Liverpool didnt win anything under Torres because he missed a lot of games. If he was a stronger player, less prone to injury Liverpool would likely have won the Premier League in 2009 and UEFA Cup in 2010.
He was brilliant when he came to PL. Enjoyed his style of play and goals. Was surprised when he left Liverpool and joined Chelsea.
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Fully understand Fernando's reasons for leaving loved him and still do scored some fantastic goals for the Reds which I'll never ever forget ynwa El ninio
No hard feelings. He gave his best at Liverpool, its apparent the coaches after Benitez just never seems to be able to bring the team to the level of title winning except Brendon Rodgers. Xabi left, mascherano left, but on the hindsight they got Suarez in but squandered a big chunk on Carroll. Not sure if the Suarez deal is before or after torres left but if they play together with Gerrard probably we could have won the title then
Suarez came after Torres left
Yeah, Liverpool almost went bankrupt at the end of Hicks and Gillett era. Even took a few years for Klopp to build his title winning team. The real 'mistake' or 'miscalculation' Torres made was picking a move to a rival English club like Chelsea. If he went to Barca instead, for example, he'd probably get less hate.
It was the day before torres left. Carroll transfer was dependent on torres but suarez was being signed if torres was leaving or not.
Why is Gerrard speaking like he's talking to Eastern Europeans
because hes talking to foreign journalists that properly dont speak very good english
It's the first time hearing Stevie G speak like this 🤣....I love it 😂
The documentary makers were Spanish
@@HT008that's not true
I remember I was 11 and my dad said “Torres left Liverpool” and two tears went down my cheeks. Honestly, it felt like losing a close friend and was crying and watching Torres and Stevie G goal compilations 😂 I was such a mess but to this day, Torres is still my favourite player, El Niño❤️
Forever in our hearts for what he gave to the club
I still feel that dagger in my heart the day he left and of all places to Chelsea. I wasn't bitter and angry on him leaving, it was where he chose to go to. It was a slap in the face and that's the part that made a lot of LFC fans very livid. He was never and will never be a local lad, like Stevie and Jamie, that much we understand. It wasn't fair to expect the same level of love from him but the sense of disrespect to the fans who absolutely idolised him was unbelievable. This one hurt real bad, in my 30+ year of being an LFC fan. After the dust had settle after all these years and he said his side of the story, I really felt bad for him. He wanted winners medals and cups, he got them but he lost the love and respect of a lot of fans. LFC was a toxic and unstable place at that time and he is someone who needed assurance and love from the club to thrive, and that is something the club couldn't give him. After all these years, he still love the fans and i sense a deep regret from him on how things unfolded.
Tbf he didn't go to Man U like a certain someone
@@robertjebediahfreeman4177 true... His only saving grace was he didn't go directly. But still, he did go and because of that to this day I still won't put him anywhere near my list of greats that played for LFC
He's not british brother.
It was never a betrayal.
Liverpool betrayed him.
That's it.
Gerrard almost ended up at chelsea too, if not for death threats to his family.
@@gipgop4740 the institution betrayed him and not the fans. The fans had to step in to stop Gerrard going t9 Chelsea as well. I don't blame him for going and there's worse places he could also have gone like a certain someone as I aluded to earlier.
Still a legend and to this day is appreciated by the fans. I'm sure El Nino regrets his move to Chelsea, but just imagine if he was part of the team today and playing for Jurgen Klopp..he wouldn't be going anywhere! Different times back then. YNWA Fernando Torres
Wrong.. Speak for yourself, hes disliked around the city.
He basically won everything there is to win at chelsea, I doubt he regrets it.
Broke my heart more than any player! Prob part of the reason why I don’t get so attached to individual players anymore.
Torres was a fabulous player at Liverpool and should be remembered as such without question I’m sure most football fans understand nothing is forever and loyalty works both ways as if a player isn’t doing It the fans are first to react on getting him out of the side , I will remember him fondly as a football fan
I am not surprised he left. Liverpool were on a downward path and they were also on the verge of bankruptcy due to those other 2 spastic owners. It takes a lot to be forced out and they managed it
Thanks to Jürgen Klopp 👍
@@absoluteking95 that is true. But that is more after the fact. As in he brought them to life. It would not have been possible without the takeover.
I’m sure deep down he regrets tarnishing his legacy at Liverpool. With Chelsea he’ll always just be another player, but at Liverpool he could have been a legend.
If your current employers lied to you and didn’t care about what mattered to you, do you think you would choose to stay in that job to become a ‘legend’? Or will you rather go to an employer who values you, pays you more and gives you a better chance of fulfilling your ambitions?
He doesn’t care about a bunch of poms, he will be ok bud.
I'm sure the medals he got at Chelski made up for that...
Funny how England Legends are different from world Legends...FT will always be a football world legend
@@n0213862 Would be comparable if I had millions of fans idolizing and cheering for me at my workplace.
I remember saurez was so close to leaving but he stayed one more season for the love of Liverpool and almost won the league that year. He left the following year which is understandable after giving us all he had. Torres on the other hand didn't give us that one more year which still hurts today.
I remember tearing Torres shirt when I read the news that he's moving to Chelsea. I was 16 and I cried like a baby. My brother who was a Manu fan came and console me.
At Least he won titles at Chelsea and scored some very important goals. I wouldn't say it was a bad move on his part. Nobody is obligated to remain at one club. Very few do
No transfer has ever had me more gutted. His struggles at Chelsea and his comeback in the testimonial healed that and will be remembered fondly. YNWA el Nino
A player who make me a liverpool fans from then until now
Thank you Torres
He loved Liverpool, Chelsea was just business. He is certainly a Liverpool legend today