He never played in a team that featured Suarez and Gerrard
Jan. 31, 2011, was one of the craziest days in Liverpool Football Club history. Not only did Torres complete his move to Chelsea, the Reds also replaced him with the signings of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll -- the latter for a club-record £36m fee.
Carroll's stint on Merseyside did not work out, but Suarez went on to become one of the best players in the world in his three and a half years with the club.
At Liverpool, Torres had a telepathic relationship with Steven Gerrard on the pitch. The skipper would create chances that the No. 9 would finish almost effortlessly with great frequency. Throw Suarez's skill and creativity into that mix and you do wonder just how devastating the trio could have been.
He could have been one of the true Liverpool greats
Torres was absolutely adored on the Anfield terraces and, had he continued at the same goal-scoring rate, he would have been well on his way to sitting alongside the true greats in supporters' eyes and Liverpool folklore. He reached the 50 league goal mark faster than any player in club history, enough to earn him a status as a fan favourite at Anfield -- a connection that was absent during his time in the capital.
In a fan poll on Liverpool's greatest players in history run on the club's official website back in 2013, Torres was listed ninth behind the likes of Suarez, Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler. His standing among that collection of players is still impressive, given it was only a few years after he broke the hearts of the fans that were voting. But there is a strong argument to suggest that if he had stayed he could have featured even higher on that list.