Milan move entirely independent decision says Torres

Torres - "Milan move was my decision."

Fernando Torres came out in open and defended his decision about moving to Milan. It was no secret that the Spaniard was just a fringe player at Chelsea. He needed more minutes of first team football.

'Mourinho has always been good to me,' says Torres. '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.'

He also cleared the air on his speculated move to his former club Atletico Madrid.

'There wasn't a real option to return (to Atletico),' admits the 30-year-old.

'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 (returning) is an option that isn't real.'

Torres also insists his Spain career is not over: 'I want to think my cycle in the national team hasn't ended.'