At the age of 23, he became the Liverpool king, but at the age of 27, he became a Chelsea abortion. The genius still suffers from his mentality.

At the request of my friends, let’s talk about Torres, the formerly powerful Spanish genius striker.

On March 20, 1984, Fernando Torres was born in Madrid, Spain. His grandfather and father are both die-hard Atletico Madrid fans. It was influenced by them that Torres fell in love with Atletico Madrid since he was a child and dreamed of playing football for Atletico Madrid. Against this background, it is natural for Torres to join Atletico Madrid's youth training camp.

Atletico Madrid soon discovered that they had picked up a treasure at home. Although Torres was still very young at this time, he showed the potential to become a first-class star. He is very fast and has a great sense of smell in front of the goal. He is simply a natural striker. Even Real Madrid realized Torres' talent and once extended an olive branch to him, but was rejected by Torres.

Such a talented and loyal player will naturally be highly trained by Atletico Madrid. By 2001, when Torres was 17 years old, he wore the Atletico Madrid shirt and made his debut in the professional league.

I have to say that Torres is very lucky. When he was promoted to the first team, he coincided with the trough of Atletico Madrid. The bed sheet army at this time is suffering in the Spanish Second Division. For an old club like Atletico Madrid, this is obviously a huge disaster. But for the fledgling Torres, it is undoubtedly more beneficial than disadvantages. Because this means that the competition within the team is relatively not that fierce. The relatively relaxed growth environment has benefited Torres a lot. By the time Atletico Madrid returned to La Liga in 2002, Torres had become the team's main striker. Just a year later, in 2003, Torres even wore the captain's armband and led the team as the captain of Atletico Madrid. As the captain

, he must be the leader. In the next 2003-04 season, Torres' first season as Atletico Madrid captain, the Spanish genius ate all kinds of raw food on the court, making the famous defenders complain. Over the whole season, Torres scored 19 league goals, and both data and performance reached the level of a first-class striker.

It's a pity that although Torres is good, he can't help his teammates. At this stage, Atletico Madrid, let alone competing for the league championship with Real Madrid and Barcelona, it is difficult to even qualify for the Champions League. As the house was leaking, Atletico Madrid's finances also had obvious problems...

With Torres' loyalty to Atletico Madrid, the poor record alone would not have made him think of leaving the team. The factor that really made Torres make a decision to change the family was actually Atletico Madrid's serious financial problems. The genius forward knew that as the most valuable player in Atletico Madrid at that time, he could greatly alleviate his boss' financial problems as long as he sold it at a good price.

Under this background, Torres waved farewell to Atletico Madrid and went to Anfield to continue his playing career. In the summer of 2007, Liverpool spent 22 million pounds of real money to win the 23-year-old Torres, breaking the transfer fee record of Liverpool at that time.

When he was 23 years old, he was given the title of Liverpool's king, and Torres naturally under great pressure. In addition, he also faces two major problems: language and climate. At that time, many fans and even the media were not optimistic about Torres' future and felt that Liverpool had made a loss-making deal.

However, Torres quickly dispelled the doubts with his own strength. In his first season at Anfield, he performed well on all fronts, scoring a total of 24 goals. His offensive combination with Gerald has caused great trouble to all powerful men.

In addition to Torres and Gerrard, this Liverpool also has powerful players such as Alonso, Mascherano, and Renner. They must be strong and resilient. Whether looking at the Premier League or competing for the Champions League, they are quite competitive.

It’s a pity that competitiveness does not equal the championship. Although Liverpool cannot be underestimated on all fronts, due to unexplained luck, Torres neither won the Premier League championship nor did he laugh to the end in the Champions League after joining Liverpool.

It would be fine if you just can't win the championship. What's worse is that Liverpool has lost several key players in the transfer market. The departure of Alonso and Mascherano made Torres unable to see any hope of competing for the championship, and gradually developed the idea of leaving the team. By the winter window of the 2010-11 season, Torres simply became a member of Chelsea for a transfer fee of £50 million.

At this time, Torres still maintained the level of a first-class forward, but due to the impact of injuries, the speed advantage is no longer so obvious. In addition, the timing of Torres joining his new owner is not very good. As he joined the winter window, his new teammates were obviously not fully engaged...

These two factors combined with one place, coupled with the high transfer fee, have changed Torres' mentality. On the court, he is obviously not as confident as before. Especially when getting opportunities, Torres always wants to pursue the safest method, such as passing the goalkeeper and then shooting, so he missed many good opportunities to score goals. In the second half of the 2010-11 season, Torres played 14 official games for Chelsea, with only a poor goal being recorded.

Although Torres was only 27 years old at this time, his competitive state was far from his heyday. For Chelsea, which has paid a lot of money, Torres can only be considered useless. It’s tasteless to eat, but it’s a pity to throw it away. In the following seasons, Chelsea thought of many ways and tried many tactics in order to save Torres, but unfortunately the results were minimal. Since this talented striker landed at Stamford Bridge, he has not scored a league goal in any season, which can reach double digits.. Chelsea could not bear it anymore and loaned Torres to Milan in the summer of 2014.

But Torres's problem is a dual problem of mentality and body, and it cannot be solved by changing the environment. His performance in Milan also failed to meet expectations. Fortunately, his old club Atletico Madrid is still willing to accept him and took Torres back in the winter window of the 2014-15 season.

Torres, who joined Atletico Madrid for the second time, played until 2018, then went to the Japanese League to make gold, and announced that he would hang up his boots a year later.