Arne Slot has endured a tough second season as Liverpool boss and a former Red has been touted as considered one of his potential successors within the Anfield hotseat sooner or later
Torres left Anfield in 2011 for Chelsea(Image: Getty Images)
Fernando Torres has been backed to return to Liverpool sooner or later because the membership’s supervisor. Torres, now 42, loved a shocking stint at Anfield as a participant, scoring 81 objectives in 142 appearances earlier than a £50m transfer to Chelsea.
The former Spanish worldwide went on to play for AC Milan, Atletico Madrid and Japanese facet Sagan Tosu earlier than retiring in 2019. Torres has since moved into administration, having been appointed as supervisor of each Atletico Madrid’s under-19 and B staff.
And the ex-striker has now been backed to take the reins at Anfield someday by former Tottenham Hotspur striker Fernando Llorente.
Speaking to Hajper, he mentioned: “Fernando Torres as Liverpool manager one day? Definitely. He’s taken a different path to Cesc Fabregas, he has been patient and has preferred to start little by little with the youth team, gaining experience.
“I think Fernando will become a great coach because he had an incredible career, knows a lot about football and has surely been preparing for the right moment to make the jump.”
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Llorente isn’t the primary to have tipped Torres for an enormous profession in administration. Former Atletico Madrid coach Armando de la Morena hailed the previous striker after he returned to the Spanish facet.
Speaking to Marca, he mentioned: “A coach like Fernando, knowing his career a bit, as a player and always with the respect that he has acted, has the conditions to be a great coach.
“I do know it from the gamers too, who inform me wonders about him, how he transmits, how he offers them the ideas. So what I see in him is that if the whole lot goes the fitting method, then we now have a future coach for Spanish soccer and for Atletico and hopefully for the nationwide staff as nicely. Whatever he needs.
“He spoke very well to you even when he was still a kid, 17, 18 years old. He is always respectable both on and off the field, for his manners and behaviour. After all, a coach has to be that. An example both outside and inside the field. And he meets those conditions.”
Back in 2024, Torres was supplied the possibility to shadow Jurgen Klopp throughout his last season on the membership. However, Atletico officers have been involved that might become a everlasting transfer and stepped in to give him a brand new position.
As it stands, it seems unlikely that Torres shall be taking the reins at Anfield anytime quickly regardless of Liverpool’s depressing season underneath Arne Slot. The Dutchman stays underneath contract with Liverpool till the summer time of 2027, whereas Anfield chiefs have vowed to stick by the previous Feyenoord boss as opposed to shifting him on.
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