The contract’s prolong of Fernando Torres has supposed a good news to the great red and white family. The great captain will be united to the institution until June 30th of 2009, it is something which the Club and footbal supporters are congratulated. Four forwards of the history of the organization valued very positively El Niño’s continuity, according to the web page of Atletico of Madrid reflects (www.clubatleticodemadrid.com).

Enrique Collar, President of the ‘Atletico of Madrid’s fundation’, recognized that “This news makes me glad for its Atletico’s feeling. Now what the team needs is to have an important run of victories with a title. Fernando is a calm and serious man. Since he was young he loves Atletico of Madrid and now he just need to obtained titles. Will keep being the banner of the team. The most important for the social mass is that we are talking of a footballer that feels the color and that likes and it is valued. The football supporters, will be proud that Torres stays in the Atletico. I wish he will stay a lot of season with us”.

José Eulogio Gárate, another forward from the red and white team, they showed favourable to the renew of the ‘Kid’, because he pointed out “I am glad that Fernando stays another year. I am an admirer of Fernando Torres because I think he is a player with an excellent qualities: he has power, speed and a fight spirit and tireless. Also apart from that , he is very young and he has a lot of time to keep improving. What it is necesary is that Atletico of Madrid puts improving conditions, in other words, that Atletico of Madrid should be a more competitive team, to be handful at the League and consolated it at the four first places of the classiffication”.

Manuel Sanchez Delgado, Manolo was one of the idols of Fernando Torres. The ‘kid’ went to Vicente Calderon to see his Atletico, in which standed out manolo like a goal scorer. “All what the club does it seems to me perfect and in the case of Fernando Better. He is the symbol of Atletico. He is a happiness to the red and white supporters we hope he stays many years in the Club. Fernando Torres’ progression has been evident and very notable since the day he went up to the first team. It went how it had to go, from less to more. He has achieved to score a lot of goals and he had a very good performance”. Manolo showed the title of a goalscorer from an Atletico player at the absolute selection, something that Torres has beat it. “He has overpassed me and it seems perfect to me. He is young and a very good player both at the Atletico and at the Selection. He is a regular player he doesn’t have ups and downs and he is a continuous danger to the rival defense.”

Francisco Narváez, Kilo, was who gave the alternative to Fernando Torres in the first team. The ‘kid’ jumped into the field of Carlos Belmonte Stadium of Albacete substituting to the player from Xerez and had his fire baptism scoring the triumph goal. The news of the extend of the contract that will join Torres to Atletico of Madrid until 2009 is a happiness. “Like an Atletico person and as Fernando’s friend, if both parts made it by common consent just I can be glad. Fernando has matured, but he had his ideas very clear since he came at the first team. It has been fulfiled the periods. It has surprise me at the beginig because with 17 years old he acquired the responsability of being the Atletico’s face”.


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