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Brand new biography of Liverpool and Premier League superstar, Fernando Torres, based on exclusive insider interviews with those closest to him... and the player himself.

The story of a kid who wanted to be a rock star but became a football god, Torres is the idolised and adoptive son of 42 million Liverpool fans across the world.

Torres left Club Atlético, where he was captain at just 18, to join Liverpool in 2007.  Since then he has continued to impress fans with his infinite loyalty to the club and his ability to win over the crowd.  When asked hypothetically whether – for the same money - he would choose to move to either Barcelona or Real Madrid, he answered, ‘I’d stay at Liverpool’.  It is his stalwart allegiance to Liverpool that keeps him in the hearts of the Reds and of course, the goals that he can’t stop scoring - he scored 33 goals in his first season!  In spite of having accomplished so much for one so young, Torres remains a humble and sincere person interested in learning more about the English game as well as the English themselves.

From his birth in Madrid through to his winning goal in Euro 2008 and beyond, TORRES goes behind the scenes of Torres’ life and career to examine what makes the golden boy of football tick as well as kick.  He went from a little boy in Fuenlabrada playing football with his friends on a cement pitch to Anfield, the ground of arguably the best football club in England.

Renowned sports journalist Luca Caioli has exclusively interviewed figures from Torres’ life - from fans to his father, Rafa Benítez to Vincente del Bosque, Pepe Reina to Kenny Dalglish, Fabio Capello to Fernando Torres himself.

This unrivalled material will give the real untold story of how The Kid became The King of Europe...

LUCA CAIOLI is a renowned Italian sports journalist who crafted his reputation at L’Unità, Il Manifesto, La Repubblica, La Gazzetta dello Sporti and Rai 3 in Italy, ITV in Britain, and as chief editor of Euronews TV in France. He settled in Spain five years ago where he is correspondent for SKY Italia and writes for Il Corriere della Sera. He has also written bestselling biographies of footballers Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane.

TORRES

AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE KID WHO BECAME KING

LUCA CAIOLI
PUBLICATION DATE: 13 AUGUST 2009
Corinthian Books - Paperback Original - £7.99
ISBN 978-190685-007-4

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Torres: An Intimate Portrait of the Kid Who Became King

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