According to Le Marca, the Spanish Football Association invited Torres to coach the Spanish U21 team, but was rejected by Torres.

In this summer's European Youth Championship, Spain U21 failed to advance to the semi-finals, coach Santi Denia has been dismissed, and Spain U21 needs to find a new coach. "Marca" revealed that on Wednesday afternoon local time, the Secretary-General of the Spanish Football Association called Torres and invited him to coach the Spanish U21 team. Torres thanked the invitation, but he still chose to refuse because he had just renewed his contract with Atletico Madrid B for two years and he hoped to respect his contract.

This is the second time that the Spanish Football Association has invited Torres to coach the National Youth Team. The last time was when Albert Luke was the director of the Football Association, the Spanish Football Association has always hoped that Torres could join the coaching system of the National Youth Team. Torres scored 38 goals in 110 appearances for the Spanish national team, and won the World Cup and European Cup championships with the team, and is the third scorer in the history of the Spanish national team.

After Torres refuses the invitation, the Spanish Football Association will continue to look for a new coach, allowing the new coach to start coaching the Spanish U21 team in September. The suggestion of Spanish national team coach De La Fuente is to promote new coaches from within the national youth team, such as Paco Gardado or David Godo, who are already very familiar with the Spanish national youth team system.