selesai sudah berbagai spekulasi. setelah lulus tes medis, rabu, 4 juli 2007, fernando torres secara resmi telah menandatangani kontrak 6 tahun dengan liverpool.
berikut berita dari web resmi LFC: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N156283070704-1440.htm TORRES SIGNS SIX-YEAR DEAL FOR REDS 04 July 2007 Fernando Torres has today completed his move from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool after putting pen to paper on a six-year deal. The 23-year-old striker will be unveiled to the media in the number nine shirt vacated by Robbie Fowler just after 3pm. Torres passed a medical at Melwood yesterday before briefly flying back to his homeland to say an emotional goodbye to fans in Madrid. The Spaniard leaves the La Liga side with a record of 82 goals in 214 league games. He spent 12 years at the Vicente Calderon Stadium after being snapped up at the age of 11. Torres made his debut aged 17 before becoming Atletico's youngest ever captain two years later. The striker was top scorer and best player at both the 2001 European Under-16 Championships and 2002 European Under-19 Championships. He made his full international debut in September 2003, and has so far scored 14 goals in 40 caps. Nicknamed El Nino (The Kid) because of his youthful appearance, he was selected for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where he scored three goals. In May 2007 Torres hit the headlines when he revealed the words 'You'll Never Walk Alone' on the inside of his captain's armband during a match against Real Sociedad. Two months later he is a Liverpool player ------------------------ Rafael Benitez has spoken of his delight at securing one of his top targets in record signing Fernando Torres. The Liverpool manager revealed the player is desperate for success - so much so he even took a pay cut in order to complete the deal. "I am really pleased to have signed Fernando," enthused Benitez. "We know we are bringing a really good young player to Liverpool with a great future ahead of him. "We know he is an expensive signing but it's not as much as people have said, and this is a very good investment for us. He is the player we wanted and the kind of player we need because he plays with passion. "He has power and pace. He is good in the air and he can score goals. He is a different type of striker to the ones we already have and he can give us a lot of things. "He is a very good player who can score a lot of goals for us. I am not going to put pressure on him and say Fernando is going to score over 20 goals in a season for us, because I prefer to have four strikers with 15 goals each. "Even though he is a young player he has experience because he was playing in the Spanish First Division when he was just 17. "He is desperate to win trophies with us and he wants to win everything that is possible. ---------------------- Liverpoolfc.tv reveals 10 things you never knew about Fernando Torres: 1. The 23-year-old spent his early years in football as a keeper: "I played in goal until one day I got a couple of teeth knocked out by the ball," he explains. "I decided then that my career between the sticks was finished. Great save, though!" 2. Torres was snapped up by Atletico Madrid at the age of 11 after scoring a whopping 55 goals in his first season for amateur side Rayo 13. 3. It was just three years before the transfer rumours started. Aged only 14, the striker was linked to a host of European clubs, with Arsenal reportedly having a bid rejected. 4. In 1998 Torres was voted the best under-14 player in Europe following some dazzling displays in the Nike Cup. He'd later win player of the tournament at the 2001 European Under-16 Championships and 2002 European Under-19 Championships. 5. He was just 19 when he was named Atletico captain – the youngest skipper in the club's history. 6. It wasn't long before international recognition came. The striker won his first cap against Portugal in September 2003. Current Spain boss Luis Aragones describes him as a player who "never scores two goals the same". 7. Torres is no stranger to the hairdresser's. One fansite has counted 11 different hairdos since his first-team debut in 2001, including a mullet and a Mohican. 8. Talking of his appearance, the Spanish international is known in his homeland as El Nino, or The Kid, because of his baby-face. 9. Like would-be teammates Daniel Agger and John Arne Riise, Torres also has a penchant for tattoos. The striker has at least three to date, including one of his Atletico, Spain and now Liverpool shirt number, nine, on his right arm. 10. In May 2007 the forward revealed the words You'll Never Walk Alone written behind his captain's armband during a game against Real Sociedad. Two months later he signed for Liverpool, leaving the Vicente Calderon with a record of 82 goals in 214 league appearances. ----------------- sektor depan yang selama ini menjadi faktor "lemah" liverpool mudah2an bisa ketutup dengan gabungnya torres.......and rafalution continues.... -omar- *Gracias el Rey Luis por todo, que Dios siempre te bendiga* ________________________________________________________ Kunjungi halaman depan Yahoo! Indonesia yang baru! http://id.yahoo.com/
