FERNANDO TORRES IS set to make his Atletico Madrid debut all over again this evening against city rivals Real Madrid.
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The neighbours meet in the first leg of the Copa del Rey last 16 at the Vicente Calderon (8pm Irish).
Torres was welcomed home by over 40,000 Atleti fans at his official unveiling last Sunday.
The striker, 30, spent 12 seasons coming up through the ranks at his boyhood club before leaving for Liverpool in the summer of 2007.
He returns following seven-and-a-half years away which culminated in underwhelming spells at Chelsea and AC Milan.
Has Diego Simeone given an indication that he will play? I’d have thought it was pretty unlikely he’ll play since their medical team said he will need a few weeks to get up to match fitness. I hope I’m wrong though and he plays and scores of course.
Simeone told Spanish media yesterday that he’d start, Barry – I’ve added in a clip from the press conference to the article.
Ah brilliant, thanks a mill.
Barry do some study for f*ck’s sake
I watched a YouTube video the other day of all Torres Liverpool goals. I just don’t understand how he could go from the player he was, to the player he is now. It makes no sense to me. He was truly one of the world’s best when he was at Liverpool.
And also, I’d love to see him regain some form with atletico.
As a united fan even I can stand back and say he was awesome, the day he destroyed Vidic was incredible. But he went from that prolific player to someone who could not score from 2 yards out.