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Thousands of fans packed into the Calderon Stadium on Sunday (4th January) to see the return of striker Fernando Torres.

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Atletico Madrid unveiled a January transfer signing to quite a crowd on Sunday.

Returning hero Fernando Torres was presented to 45,000 fans at the Vicente Calderon and he received quite some welcome.

The Spaniard joins from AC Milan on loan, having scored just once in 10 appearances for the Italian side.

Torres left Atletico in 2007 after scoring 84 goal in 214 league games.

He then joined Chelsea in January 2011 for £50 million and saw his career somewhat stagnate in London.

The striker moved to Milan on loan in the summer and now returns to where it all begun.

"El Nino" - nicknamed by the Atletico faithful, debuted for the Madrid side in 2001 at the age of 17 and will hope the return home can arrest a decline in form in recent years.

His debut could come against Real Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey game on Wednesday.