Fernando Torres insists Jose Mourinho did not force him out of Chelsea, but it was his decision to join Milan in the summer.
The two-year loan will ensure Torres sees out the rest of his Chelsea contract at the Serie A club.
Fernando Torres insists Jose Mourinho did not force him out of Chelsea, but it was his decision to join Milan in the summer.
The two-year loan will ensure Torres sees out the rest of his Chelsea contract at the Serie A club.
Mourinho signed Diego Costa, Loic Remy and club legend Didier Drogba in the summer, but Torres claims it was his decision to quit Chelsea.
“Mourinho has always been good to me,” Torres told in an interview with Spanish TV channel Cuatro.
“The decision to leave was a personal one because I needed more, I needed to feel important.
“Mourinho and I have a good relationship and still today we continue to talk to each other.”
Torres, 30, was targeted by his former club Atletico Madrid but admitted a move back was out of the question.
“There wasn’t a real option to return. They speculated with it and I didn’t like that. I’ve said it many times, I won’t go to Atletico to retire. I will go if I have motivation to compete because the Atletico of today is very different than when I was there.
“I follow them every weekend. It is an option that isn’t real.”