Once one of Liverpool's best strikers, today he looks unrecognisable

While the Qatar 2022 World Cup has our attention, with the recent elimination of a candidate for the title such as Spain, which surprisingly fell on penalties (again), now with Morocco, which meant the resignation of coach Luis Enrique. Taking advantage of this topic, we can not miss the opportunity to talk about a Spanish player who marked a great moment at Anfield a couple of years ago.

To talk about Fernando Torres is to say that a special striker for the Red's fans, who scored 81 goals in the 3 and a half years he was at Merseyside. El Niño" went down in history when he scored Liverpool FC's 1,000th Premier League goal on October 5, 2008, a goal that came in the 55th minute of a 3-2 win over Manchester City; Torres scored a brace that day.

<strong>More Liverpool news:</strong>

Liverpool beat Madrid, Jude Bellingham close to wearing red

KO for Real VARdrid, Liverpool finalise details of Bellingham signing

Torres retired from professional soccer in 2019 with Sagan Tosu of Japan's J1 League. From that moment he started preparing to be a soccer coach and have UEFA certification, in synergy with studies, he started a training plan that transformed him from the average body he used to have, to the unrecognizable super machine that lowered his body fat transforming it into pure muscle.

The story between Liverpool and Torre began in July 2007 when 36 million euros were paid, through the request of the then Spanish manager Rafa Benitez, who asked as a special request to the board, to sign the Madrid striker, who became at that time, the second most expensive Spanish player in history behind Gaizka Mendieta, for whom Lazio paid 48 million in 2001.

<strong>Fernando Torres developed muscle</strong>

El Niño's enchantment with Anfield culminated in January 2011 when Chelsea FC paid 58.5 million euros, exploding the winter transfer window and making Torres the most expensive Spanish striker in Premier League history. Torres struggled with a low level in London, injuries and off-field issues, which took him away from the level he showed at Liverpool, a club that he says he holds a special affection in his heart.