MADRID: Spanish international Fernando Torres (pictured below) has said he is determined to see out his contract at Chelsea and hopes that the return of Jose Mourinho to the Europa League winners can inspire him to regain his top form.
Torres has struggled to reach the heights he did in his first two seasons in England with Liverpool since Chelsea paid £50m ($78.4m) for his services in January 2011 and despite speculation linking him with a move away from the club, he insists he intends to see out the five-and-a-half-year deal he signed with the blues.
“I want to continue, I want to complete the contract that I signed, I want to continue winning titles and return to being the best in my position,” he told Spanish newspaper AS in an interview published yesterday.
“There is no better place and better conditions than with Mourinho at Chelsea. “If you think about the players that have passed through his clubs, the strikers, all of them have had great years.”
The 29-year-old did show some flashes of his old self during Rafael Benitez’s short reign at Chelsea last season as he scored 22 goals, including one in the final of the Europa League against Benfica last month. That run of form was enough to convince Vicente del Bosque to recall the former Atletico Madrid man to his squad for the Confederations Cup after he had been left out of the last couple of Spain squads and he is delighted to be back in the fold for another major championship.
“When you are not in the squads before a championship, then it is difficult. The same thing happened with the Euros last year, but I have always had confidence I would come and do things well,” he said.
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