By Alan Duffy
Once the blonde-haired, blue-eyed prince of Spanish football, Fernando Torres has, in the space of a year, turned into a £50million flop.
Since moving to Chelsea from Liverpool, the attacker has seriously lost his mojo and now his impotence in the Premier League has seen him fall out of favour with World Champions Spain.
Ahead of their friendly game against Venezuela next Wednesday, Spain boss Vicente Del Bosque has decided to leave Torres out of his squad. The coach said:
“He (Torres) is a lad we appreciate a lot and it pains me to leave him out but I wanted to be fair.”
Torres’ last goal for Spain came all the way in September 2010 against the mighty Liechtenstein, but his omittance from La Roja is all the more crushing for the player considering that David Villa is currently out of action with a broken leg. Instead of opting for Torres, Del Bosque has chosen Sevilla’s Alvaro Negredo and Roberto Soldado of Valencia.
Surely Torres’ place at the EURO 2012 finals must also now be in doubt?
Here’s the squad in full:
Victor Valdes (Barcelona), José Manuel Reina (Liverpool), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid); Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Carles Puyol(Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Andoni Iraola (Athletic Bilbao), Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Valencia); Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), Xavi (Barcelona), Andrés Iniesta(Barcelona), Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid),Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Santi Cazorla (Malaga), Thiago Alcântara (Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Jesús Navas(Sevilla); Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla), Roberto Soldado (Valencia)
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