Chelsea Transfer News: Fernando Torres on Premier League Titles, the Importance of No 10s and Drogba

Sep 04, 2012 03:47 AM EDT

After the departure of Blues legend Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres is now the main man Chelsea, and the Spanish striker wants to prove he can more than fill his former teammates' shoes. Torres is gunning for the one trophy missing from his cabinet - the English Premier League - and also wants to bring another Champions League title to Stamford Bridge.

"I would like to finish my career with all the trophies possible -- I may have the most difficult one but I haven't won many of the trophies you have the chance to win every season," Torres told Chelsea Magazine.

"The Premier League is a big target and maybe we can become the first team to win two Champions Leagues in a row. Let's dream of that, who knows?"

Torres believes getting service from the players behind you is what makes a striker successful. The Spanish international believes, Chelsea now have those kinds of players in their side in abundance. "There were the only two sides we could normally watch in Spain. I remember when Thierry Henry was at Arsenal and Ruud van Nistelrooy was at Manchester United -- proper strikers," he said.

"It was amazing to see the crosses from (David) Beckham and (Ryan) Giggs at United or (Robert) Pires and (Marc) Overmars at Arsenal. The striker was there to finish the balls.

"I like players who can find the space behind the defenders who can find a small gap to pass the ball and put me in front of the goalkeeper.

"Juan Mata is very easy to play alongside because he has these qualities, where he finds the space behind the defenders. We have scored a lot of goals thanks to these kinds of passes from him. We have him, plus Eden Hazard plays there and Oscar as well. For me it's the most important position for the team.

"The No 10 or second striker is the one who is going to make the difference, the one who is going to finish the game or change it by giving an assist or scoring a goal.

"All the great teams have a quality No 10 and we have two or three this season, so we have to exploit that."

The former Liverpool striker said his responsibility has increased now that Drogba has left the club, and the Spaniard is confident of living up to the expectations. "Didier is not here anymore so there is more responsibility for me and I'm ready for the challenge," he added.

"Hopefully, everything is going to be okay and we will work hard. Now I am looking for new personal targets, which is to get as many goals as possible and, hopefully, I will score more than I did in my best season at Liverpool.

"We have the squad to do that and we have five more trophies to play for, so it could be a magic season."

Chelsea are top of the table in the Premier League, having won all three of their matches so far. However, they missed out on grabbing their first trophy of the season, after a hat-trick from Radamel Falcao, who has been linked with a move to Chelsea in January, consigned them to a 4-1 loss to Atletico Madrid. 

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