Liverpool has been lately associated with a potential move of Ferran Torres, the Valencia right-winger to Anfield. Getting to see him play in the Premier League is an exciting prospect for not just the Liverpool fans, but for the followers of English football overall.

Torres is widely regarded as amongst the brightest emerging prospects from Spain, and it doesn’t come as a surprise that Reds are already facing a stiff competition for the winger from other reputed clubs like Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Regardless of whether Liverpool succeed in bringing the talented Spaniard to Anfield or not, let’s learn about some important facts related to the 20-year-old player who could be potentially playing for Jurgen Klopp next season.

Career performance to date

Ferran Torres was born in Valencia, Spain on February 29, 2000. He joined his native city’s football club at the young age of six, progressing through its youth division, and making his way into the Valencia B team. The talented forward was also a key member of the Spanish football team which brought home the UEFA European under 17 Championship three years ago, in 2017. They beat England on the basis of penalties in the final match of that tournament.

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Thereafter, Ferran Torres came under the spotlight when he scored two assists and two goals, helping Spain to reach the FIFA under 17 World Cup Final, later in 2017. However, the team lost the final match to England 2-5. Football being the best of all the top sports betting markets of the world, that U-17 encounter received plenty of action at a large number of off-line and online bookmakers too.

Post his return from the under 17 World Cup, Ferran Torres made his way into the first team of Valencia, in November 2017. He came off the bench in Valencia’s Copa Del Ray match against Real Zaragoza. Within a few weeks from that point on, Torres became the first-ever player born in this millennium to play in La Liga. He made his La Liga debut when he was just 17, against Eibar. Valencia lost that match 1-2.

YouTube: Ferran Torres Skills 2019

Torres firmly established himself in the starting line up at Mestalla during the 2018-19 football season, and scored three goals in his 37 appearances for the club, across multiple competitions. The Spanish forward also bagged the UEFA under 19 Championship in 2019, scoring a couple of goals in Spain’s final match against Portugal. Later in 2019, Torres found his first goal in the Champions League, thus becoming the youngest ever goal scorer from Valencia in the history of the competition.

This season’s stats

This season Ferran Torres has been responsible for six assists and has scored six goals in the Champions League and La Liga, scoring a goal every 188th minute on the football pitch. He also averaged 1.1 important passes in every 90 minutes during La Liga, taking that figure up to 1.9 in the Champions League.