The Real Story

[orono]

> An extract from Fernando Torres upcoming autobiography......

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> Flying into Manchester airport for the signing was one of the most

> exciting days of my career. The limo transferring me took a while longer

> to reach the ground than I expected but once there I was greeted by a

> sea of red.

> The chanting and atmosphere were brilliant and it all passed by in a

> blur.

>

> Once inside the ground I was greeted by the manager, the first time we

> had met face to face. He was a lot heavier than I expected but spoke to

> me in good Spanish which made me feel most welcome. We went straight

> into a conference room for the official signing.

>

> After I had put pen to paper the manager turned to me and said "Welcome

> to the biggest club in the World".

>

> I said thank you and asked "When will I meet Wayne and Cristiano"?

>

> There followed about ten minutes of confusion from which it transpired

> that there are two clubs in the North West of England known as the

> "Reds" and my <banned word filter activated> agent had got them mixed up.

>

> However I had signed so had to get on with it. Benitez was known as the

> "Gaffer". I asked Stevie G (the only other player at the club who could

> control the ball) why this was.

>

> He explained that in English "gaffe" is an embarrassing mistake.

> Apparently

> even the owners called Rafa "gaffer".

>

> All I can do now is play really well and hope that Real, Barca or

> possibly Barnsley come and save me from my nightmare.

>

> Some days after training I drive from Liverpool to Manchester and sit

> outside Old Trafford and dream of what might have been. I can sit there

> for hours.

>

> Then Stevie will nudge me and say "Come on Nando, we have to go back".

>

> We drive silently back to the gaffer.

>

>

> Taken from "How did I get here?" by Fernando Torres

[S1ngh]

Hard to read with those distracting arrows.. Can you edit that post and make it look like properly formated.