Donald Trump sends message to Ferran Torres after Spain hero wears MAGA-style hat at World Cup parade

Ferran Torres’ MAGA-style hat was a ‘nice tribute’, says US President Donald Trump (Picture: Getty)

Donald Trump has branded Ferran Torres a ‘great player’ and thanked the forward for his ‘nice tribute’ after the forward was pictured wearing a ‘Make Spain Great Again’ cap during his side’s World Cup celebrations.

Torres made himself an overnight national hero in this summer’s scrappy and bad-tempered World Cup final, coming off the bench to thunder home a dramatic extra-time winner for Spain against Argentina.

The 26-year-old Barcelona attacker, formerly of Manchester City, had been on the receiving end of heavy...