article_snippet: Even Fernando Torres wasn’t relegated to the reserves.
article_snippet: But for £250,000-per-week Radamel Falcao – perhaps the most handsomely-rewarded second-string striker in history – this was the ultimate indignity.
article_snippet: At least with fellow £50million flop Torres Radamel Falcao decline was something of a slow burn, occasionally illuminated by a flicker of glories past.
article_snippet: Compare that with the 70 strikes from 91 matches for Atletico Madrid and his demise is given some numerical context.
article_snippet: ’s most feared goal-getter.
article_snippet: But it was that move to Monaco which proved fateful in the loss of Europe’s finest front man.
article_snippet: Over four, long years at Chelsea we witnessed the regression of Torres.
article_snippet: In the end Torres left having scored just 20 league goals in 110 games.
article_snippet: Torres, of course, now resides back at Atletico Madrid, Torres connection with the club affording Torres a second chance.
highlights_snippet: Radamel Falcao fall from the top is the most spectacular since Fernando Torres .
  