Liverpool betrayed me in £50m Blues move – Torres
Spaniard opens up for the first time on the reasons why he left the Reds and claims he felt like a ‘traitor’. During the time of his sale, Liverpool had just been taken over by Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and Torres held talks with director of football Damien Comolli.
The striker, who signed a new contract with boyhood club Atletico Madrid in July, has revealed he was told by Comolli that FSG were planning to build for the future. Torres also questioned how much progress the Reds have made since he left the club for a British record fee in 2011, reports SunSport.
Written in Simon Hughes’ new book, Ring of Fire, he said: “(Damien) Comolli told me that the new owners (FSG), they had an idea of how to spend their investment.
“They wanted to bring in young players, to build something new. I was thinking to myself, this takes time to work. It takes two, three, four, maybe even 10 years.
“I didn’t have that at the time. I was 27-years-old. I did not have time to wait. I wanted to win.
“Here we are five years later and they are still trying to build – around the same position in the league as when I left.”
The 32-year-old believes a leak from the club had changed fan’s opinion of him and he was treated like a “traitor”.
He added: “It was presented as if I was a traitor. It was not like this in the discussions.
“Liverpool could not admit they were doing something wrong with the whole team. They had to find a guilty one.”
After quitting Anfield in 2011, Torres spent four years at Chelsea where he won the Champions League and the Europa League before an unsuccessful spell at AC Milan in 2015. He returned to his boyhood club Atletico in 2015 and has since been an integral member of the coach Diego Simeone led side who, helping them to a UEFA Champions League runners-up spot last season.
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