Football's 10 biggest traitors

Luis Figo
The Portuguese left Barcelona for Real Madrid

#3 Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres
Torres would face a verbal undressing from the Liverpool faithful after moving to Chelsea

In an interview last summer, the Spaniard expressed his vehemence at having been portrayed as a traitor by Liverpool claiming that, at the time, "Liverpool could not admit they were doing something wrong with the whole team. They had to find a guilty one."

It seems by that reckoning the Atletico forward was forced out of the club but that certainly doesn’t remove an ounce of bitterness from the transfer on Liverpool’s part.

Torres had enjoyed years of personal success with the Reds having scored 65 goals in 102 games for the club, but would face a verbal undressing from the Liverpool faithful when he switched life on Merseyside for a shot at glory in South London in 2011, when Chelsea secured the Spaniard for a then record fee of £50 million.

The two clubs may not be direct, local rivals, but with both top teams in the Premier Division, it has nonetheless been viewed as the move of a traitor.

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