Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres admits Steven Gerrard had a big influence on his move to Liverpool.

Torres paid tribute to Gerrard this week on LFCTV.

"Everybody knew about Stevie. [I was] playing in a different league, in a different country, and at that time I was thinking to play for Atletico forever, with no plans to move. But here in Spain we were starting to follow the Premier League a lot, a lot of Spanish players were going there and it was very attractive football to watch.

"One of the big names was Steven Gerrard from Liverpool. There were others for other top teams but he was just different."