The Spaniard was a big signing for Liverpool following his move to join Merseyside’s from Spanish side Athletico Madrid. He was a revelation in the Premier League while playing for the Reds.
His compatriot and Spanish manager Rafael Benitez signed him from the home club in Spain and he went on to become a world-class player at Anfield.
This saw him linked with a host of top clubs with Barcelona and Manchester United the major sides lining up for his services.
He eventually signed for Chelsea against all odds following a whooping sum of money Chelsea paid the Reds for his signature.
However, despite his supposed ordeal at Chelsea, should Torres have left Liverpool in the first place? This is a difficult question to deal with especially for those who followed every bit of his move to Chelsea.
The change came at a point when the player has begun to make name for himself on a big side like Liverpool. This saw the player looking to break ground in terms of personal advancement as the player was desiring for something better in his career.
But at this point, it looked like both parties club and the player (Liverpool and Fernando Torres) have different ambitions. The Reds seemed somehow comfortable in the top four and playing in the UEFA Champions League. However, the Spaniard was interested in breaking boundaries and achieving more for his side at his peak.
While Liverpool was no longer marching his aspiration, the player opted to leave the Merseyside to join fellow Premier League rivals, Chelsea.
All the same, things did not go down well with him at Chelsea even at the early stages as his first match for the Blues was against his former side Liverpool.
This saw him flop in the match and became a mockery of himself for much of the season. It took the player months long before he found the back of the net for Chelsea. He relatively struggled at Chelsea for much of his stay at the London club.
But for me, the Spanish striker was right to leave Liverpool to team up with the West London club. This helped him win the Premier League and the more coveted UEFA Champions League which the Reds could not have afforded him at that time.
He wouldn’t have done so at Liverpool as the club was heading in the wrong direction despite the presence of influential Captain Steven Gerrard. The only wrong thing Torres did was the timing and the ill-fated processes of his departure at the club.
He would have waited till the end of the season to leave Anfield rather than moving in the winter transfer when the team needed him most and could hardly replace him at the point in time.
This saddled him with an inevitably poor performance at Stamford Bridge coupled with the massive expectations that surrounded his move to Chelsea at that time.
