Torres Among Last of Dying Breed

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GERD Muller, Mario Kempes, Paolo Rossi, Gary Lineker, Toto Schillaci, Romario, Ronaldo; World Cups are remembered for centre- forwards (and G***f H***t). Or at least they were. Perhaps it's something to do with global warming, but world football is suffering a drought of uncomplicated goal-getting centre-forwards.

There are plenty of thrilling attacking players, from Lionel Messi and Kaka to Cristiano Ronaldo and Andriy Arshavin, but when it comes to the traditional job of being the No 9 who puts the ball in the back of the net, well it seems to be going out of fashion.

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Torres Among Last of Dying Breed

One shining exception now sits at the top of the Premier League scoring charts with eight goals from as many games. If he maintains that scoring ratio, Fernando Torres will carry his status as the world's best centre-forward into the ...

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