Fernando Torres has rained on Chelsea's Champions League parade by attacking his treatment by the club and threatening to quit Stamford Bridge this summer.
Torres delivered an astonishingly-timed swipe at the Blues hours after helping them end their agonising wait for European Cup glory. The £50 million (Dh290.4m) man was fuming after being snubbed in favour of rookie Ryan Bertrand in Saturday night's final against Bayern Munich, branding it possibly the biggest disappointment of his life.
“I have been through the worst moments of my career during the season and I am not willing to relive those moments,” Torres told AS.
“This season, I felt things I had never felt.
“I felt they have treated me in a way I was not expecting, not the manner for which the club brought me here. We have had many conversations and, now the season is finished, we will have more talks to see what happens in the future because this is not the role for which I came.
“There have been many ups and downs and many moments where I felt lost and I didn’t know what to do and where to be.
“The ideal for me for next season is if someone tells me what’s going to happen, what role will I have in the team, what function is expected of me and to evaluate if it is worth it.”
Torres did not get on the pitch at the Allianz Arena until Chelsea fell behind seven minutes from time.
The 28 year old won the corner that saw Didier Drogba equalise and impressed in extra-time but he was not among those chosen to take a penalty in the 4-3 shoot-out win, which saw Drogba once again steal the limelight.
Torres added: “Before the game, I felt it was going to be one of my best moments and I came with great desire and ambition. But then I had to start on the bench. I felt huge disappointment when I saw the starting line up, maybe the biggest disappointment of my life.”
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