First game I watched was sometime in like October 2010 where we were at the bitters; Next thing I remember was Torres asking to transfer.
In my short LFC life my feelings on Fernando was see ya..wouldn't want to be ya.
None of us will know what was going in his head or how he was being advised however it's fairly well known that he was a player who needed an arm round the shoulder, needed that love
When Kenny came in during Jan '11 Torres scored something like 3 in 3.. Certainly two at Wolves ( I think one in a defeat at Blackpool) but his head was turned and he wanted to go.. He hated Woy.. And never really gave Kenny a chance
It's hard to know if had he stayed and felt wanted that he couldn't have got to near his previous level ( even during the previous October? He got a couple of worldies under Hodgson against Chelsea ) but he went there ( regretted it for me) struggled and never felt that love that was all important to him
He is known to have said after Gerrards match a couple of years back that not getting booed and having his song chanted at Anfield again allowed him to move on as he couldn't before. Getting booed there hurt him.
It's impossible to say with great certainty that he could t have stayed at a very good level had he never left here
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