Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll illustrate perils of a striker’s lot | Paul Hayward
Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll illustrate perils of a striker's lot | Paul Hayward
Spain and England left out £85m of misfiring striking talent this week but when a centre-forward is on song it lifts the entire team As any Middlesbrough fan will tell you – just mention Afonso Alves or Massimo Maccarone as prompts – buying the wrong striker is a peculiarly calamitous act that invites external derision and internal angst.
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