Fernando Torres: Chelsea striker determined to succeed at Stamford Bridge
Fernando Torres is ready to fulfil his dreams
with Chelsea after admitting he "lost hope" earlier in his time at
Stamford Bridge.
The departure of Didier Drogba gives the £50million British record
transfer the ideal opportunity to secure his position as first-choice
striker after a difficult 16 months since leaving Liverpool.
Torres has still to rediscover the form he showed at Anfield and has
scored just 12 goals in his Chelsea career, but he remains confident his
best is to come and dismissed claims he was unsettled.
Never surrendered
"At Chelsea I am very happy and I never said the opposite," he said.
"I still have a lot to do in this club. It has been a difficult year, I didn't play much and my mind was like a roller-coaster.
"I believe that I deserved to play more. I felt very bad and I would
not like to feel that way again but I have never surrendered and I never
will.
"When Chelsea signed me they did it with great expectations, and the
confidence of the owner and the fans has been unconditional, but my role
in the team has not followed that line.
"I look at myself and think I have not known how to be essential for
the coaches I've had and this is another goal to accomplish which I
will, at all costs."
Mental block
The Spain international went 24 matches
without scoring this season before finally ending his five-month goal
drought with two goals in Chelsea's FA Cup quarter-final win over
Leicester.
For a player who has excelled at hitting the
net at both Liverpool and before then at Atletico Madrid, it became
almost a psychological problem.
"It was a mental block, I felt really bad," he told his website, fernando9torres.com
"I felt very well on the field this season
because I have become a more complete player but the ball did not fall
for me and I felt I was never in the correct position.
"I watched many videos to study the movements of other strikers, including mine from my spells at Atletico and Liverpool.
"It helped me a lot because I lost the fear of being in the area. I
want to thank Steve Holland (assistant coach) for the work he did to
help me.
"There were times where I lost hope and that has never happened to me before.
"It's the worst feeling in the world when you love your profession and I became the player I hate.
"Luckily it is part of the past. Now all I have in mind is to fulfil dreams.
"I fulfilled a dream (by winning the Champions League against Bayern
Munich at the weekend) and I'd say it's a very happy moment but I demand
more.
"The best is yet to come. Now we have to keep dreaming."
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