Torres quit Anfield and moved to the Blues for a then British record transfer fee of £50million.
The Spaniard however failed to hit the heights at Stamford Bridge and rejoined his boyhood club Atletico Madrid on loan in January.
Even when I was leaving Liverpool he told me ‘go, think about yourself. Do what’s best for you
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But Torres maintains Gerrard was the single biggest influence in shaping his decision to leave the Reds.
"There’s one player that influenced me above anyone else and that’s Gerrard," Torres told The Sun.
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Fernando Torres has revitalised his career at Atletico Madrid
"He changed my career, my ambition, wanting to win, he changed everything.
“Even when I was leaving Liverpool he told me ‘go, think about yourself. Do what’s best for you — you’ve nothing to prove’.
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“He changed the way I saw things, telling me that I could get much higher than what I had always thought.