Torres settled at Anfield

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres insists he has no intention of returning to Spain for a long time.

Torres quit Atletico Madrid - the club he had been at since the age of 11 - this summer to move to Anfield in a deal that reportedly cost the Reds a club-record £21m transfer fee.

It was a massive decision for the Spaniard to leave his hometown club, but now he is in England, the 23-year-old admits he cannot see himself going back to Spain at least until his six-year deal with Liverpool runs out.

“I am going to complete my contract with Liverpool at the very least. I am comfortable at this great club. Here you are respected as a great player,” he said on Radio Marca.

“You are going to grounds with the feeling that you are going to win. I am not planning to return to Spain, neither now nor for many years.

“The support of the fans has been phenomenal. Here the people see you on the street and they greet you like a friend.

“In the stadia, when you are substituted at a rival ground, the public applauds you. It is certainly a different way of seeing football for me.”

Torres, who has scored seven goals in 13 first-team appearances for Liverpool so far, is currently sidelined with an adductor injury he suffered against Arsenal at the weekend and is set to be out for around three weeks.

That could rule him out of Spain’s potentially critical European Championship qualifier against Group F leaders Sweden on November 17.