Euro 2008 hero and already a darling of the Kop. It helps when you're the first Red to score 20 league goals in a season since Robbie Fowler
It took a matter of minutes for Fernando Torres to become a Liverpool favourite. Signed from Atletico Madrid for a club record £20m in July 2007, he scored on his debut against Chelsea, and went on to register an impressive 33 goals in his maiden English season. Indeed, his haul was the biggest in any debut Premier League campaign, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record.
Torres had previously spent 12 years at Atletico, his hometown club, where he was their totem and captain despite being one of their youngest players. Long linked with a move away from the Calderon, he eventually moved to Anfield when Rafa Benitez needed top-class firepower to take the Reds to the next level.
By the age of 23, Torres had chalked up more than 50 international and bagged 16 goals, including three at Germany 2006. Fast, direct and able to conjur up goals from nothing, he has adapted his game slightly for the English challenge – telling FourFourTwo exclusively that he plays a yard or two farther forward than he did in Spain. The results have been stunningly effective.