Fernando Torres left Chelsea for A.C. Milan this season to get regular action as Diego Costa was brought in by José Mourinho to be their top option at striker.
Torres is a on a two-year loan deal wth A.C. Milan.
"Mourinho has always been good to me," Torres told Cuatro. "The decision to leave was a personal one because I needed more, I needed to feel important.
"Mourinho and I have a good relationship and still today we continue to talk to each other."
Torres also said that a return to Atlético Madrid was never a viable option.
"There wasn’t a genuine option to return," he added. "The media speculated it and I didn’t like that.
"I’ve said it many times: I won’t go to Atletico to retire. I will go if I have motivation to compete because their team today is very different than when I was there.
“I follow them every weekend, but they were never an option that were real."