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CONFIRMED: Fernando Torres makes emotional return to Atletico Madrid
ATLETICO MADRID have confirmed that former Chelsea and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres will rejoin the club.
Fernando Torres is headed back to Atletico Madrid
Only yesterday AC Milan - where Torres had been on loan - confirmed that they had agreed a deal to sign the player permanently from Chelsea.
But Torres will immediately be loaned out by the Serie A side when the transfer window opens in Italy on January 5.
It is an emotional return to his boyhood club for Torres, while it seems that Milan will get unsettled Italian international Alessio Cerci as part of the deal.
At last back home. Thanks to all that have made this dream come true. Forza @Atleti. #TorresHaVuelto pic.twitter.com/HZjMI5v6Gl
— Fernando Torres (@Torres) December 29, 2014
At last back home.
A statement on Atletico Madrid's website read: "Fernando Torres returns to Atletico Madrid after an agreement was reached by the club with Milan that established that the international striker will play on loan for the remainder of this season and one further campaign."
Torres himself said on Twitter: "At last back home. Thanks to all that have made this dream come true. Forza @Atleti. #TorresHaVuelto."