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FERRAN TORRES

Valencia fans knew Ferran Torres was a bit different the day before his 18th birthday.

After 23 minutes of his side’s La Liga tussle with Athletic Bilbao in February 2018, the lithe young wideman picked up possession on the right wing. With a cross both obvious and imminent, Athletic’s defence backed off.

But it never came. Instead, Los Che’s kid bamboozled a backline with wandering eyes by squaring a pass to Geoffrey Kondogbia,

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