'I will always put Atletico first'

BeSoccer 7 years ago 358
Torres says he will always put Atletico Madrid ahead of himself. EFE

With Fernando Torres set to leave boyhood club Atletico Madrid for the second time in his career when his contract expires at the end of the season, the experienced striker has insisted that he will always put the club first.

Billed as a return to his roots, Torres' most recent spell with 'Los Colchoneros' hasn't gone as well as he would have hoped, with the former Chelsea and Liverpool man starting just five La Liga games this season, with the Spanish international recently confirming that he will depart at the end of the campaign.

His move to Liverpool in 2007 was the first time Torres left the club and he insists that he would do it again and again if it were for the good of the club.

"I will always put Atletico before me, they are the most important thing to me," Torres told 'beIN Sports'.

"My biggest dream has always been to play here and that is when I was a child and grown up, it is what I wanted most.

"This is the second time I have had to give that up and both times have been for the benefit of the club, and I would do it a third time and a fourth.

"This club means everything to me and they will always be in my heart."

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