Fernando Torres's blushes have been spared after a local council ordered the removal of an advertising hoarding that mocked his performances for Chelsea.
The misfiring striker was the subject of a poster for bookmakers Paddy Power, which was erected on a building next to Stamford Bridge with the slogan: 'Fernando - we've got an onion bag you can actually find. It's in the burger van mate. Get your hair net on'.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council were made aware of the illegal hoarding and ordered its removal.
"Poking fun at beleaguered Premier League footballers is not necessarily a problem as long as the advertising hoardings are legal," the council's deputy leader Greg Smith said in a news release.
"Residents don't expect hoardings to pop up everywhere willy-nilly."
Torres has been unable to recapture the form he showed at Liverpool since his £50million move to Chelsea and was been left out of Spain's squad for the World Cup qualifiers.
