Manchester United have stressed they will never sell the naming rights to Old Trafford following confirmation present shirt sponsors AON have agreed an eight-year contract to put their name to the state-of-the-art Carrington training ground.

From July 1, Carrington will be known as the 'AON Training Complex' and forms a central part of a wide-ranging deal that also includes sponsorship of United's training kit, their annual summer tours and, for the first time, friendly matches.

As had already been agreed, AON will also become the principle partner of the Manchester United Business Network and also sponsor of the Manchester United Foundation.

Lucrative: United have now agreed numerous sponsorship deals to help improve balance sheets

No figures are being put on the contract. However, it is thought to be less than the £20million annual sum AON agreed to pay when they became United's shirt sponsors in a deal that will expire in 2014.

However, it will be higher than the £10million-a-year DHL paid to sponsor the Red Devils' training kit two seasons ago, considering the club bought the contract out earlier this season believing they could extract a more lucrative alternative.

'The first phase of our sponsorship was concerned with brand awareness of AON as a commercial business," an AON source told Press Association Sport.

'The second phase is about creating a global understanding of the capabilities that we provide for clients around the world.'

The deal refutes any suggestion AON have been dissatisfied with their treatment by United, even though the initial sale of the naming rights to the club's training kit appeared to undermine their own position.

State of the art: The Trafford Training Centre in Carrington was opened in 2000 and is the base for both the senior and academy teams

In addition, it has already been confirmed US car giant General Motors will have its Chevrolet name on United's shirts from 2014 after agreeing to pay an eye-watering £357million over seven years.

That United have added friendly matches into the new AON contract is intriguing as it means from their 2014 tour, they will be wearing two different companies on their kit.

It merely emphasises the huge marketing tool United have become in an era when televisual advances such as Sky+ allow viewers to flick through normal advertisements in a way they were never able to before.

However, that is bound to trigger suggestions United could try to sell the naming rights to Old Trafford.

Previously though, United insiders have said such a sale would be virtually pointless because, as Newcastle found when they tried to change the name of St James' Park to the Sports Direct Arena, it would merely irritate fans, who would not use the new name anyway.

Boost: The deal shows United's ability to attract big investment that can be transferred into success on the pitch

Even members of United's own staff do not refer to Carrington by its formal title - the Trafford Training Ground - and club officials have been quick to rule out any similar deal for Old Trafford.

'Old Trafford will not be sold,' said Ed Woodward, United's executive vice-chairman, who will replace David Gill as chief executive in the summer.

For their part, AON acknowledge that the Carrington name, whilst not having the same resonance as Old Trafford, may also stick.

'We are very aware and respectful of the fact some people will continue to call the training complex Carrington but in time, we hope they come to understand what the AON brand stands for,' added the AON source.

'But we feel this agreement will enable us to do something with the club which is unique.

'We have been more than delighted by our partnership with Manchester United.

'Awareness of the AON brand increased from 39% to 50% in the first year of our sponsorship and the percentage of unique visitors to our website have increased by up to 55% on matchdays.'

Alan Hansen says Roberto Mancini should have quit as Manchester City manager in the summer and needs to leave.

The Match of the Day pundit feels the Italian was undermined by the board when they did not bring in any of his top transfer targets.

Mancini wanted, among other players, Robin van Persie - but the Dutchman signed for rivals Man United and has fired them towards a record 20th title.

Should have gone: Alan Hansen claims Roberto Mancini should have left the Etihad in the summer

Quitting time: Hansen said that Mancini should have followed Jose Mourinho's example

Hansen wrote in his Telegraph column: 'Mancini continues to talk about City’s failure to sign the players he wanted last summer, top-class performers such as Robin van Persie, Daniele De Rossi and Javi Martinez.

But the fact that none of those players arrived and Mancini chose to stay suggests to me that he is at fault for still being there.

'The minute a manager fails to persuade his bosses to get the players he wants is the minute he should go.

'Jose Mourinho ultimately walked out on Chelsea because he was not happy with the players being brought in to the club. Mourinho knew a manager had to be left to manage.

'What happens on the pitch always comes back to the manager, so if Mancini was not happy with the players who were added to his squad, or displeased at those who did not arrive, he could have done what Mourinho did at Chelsea.'

If Mancini's side lose on Monday night against United at Old Trafford, they will be a shocking 18 points behind.

Mancini claims that teams are fearful when they play against the Red Devils.

He said: 'No one plays well against United because they only play with fear.

'Every team that plays against United plays very soft because they think this game is difficult, that they can't beat them. It is not true.

Hitman: Robin van Persie (second left) has helped United wrestle the title from City's grasp

'If you play strong against United, you can beat them. I don't think they don't play 100 per cent but their mentality is poor in those games against United.

'They think they can do nothing but instead I don't think that is true. If you play with mentality, in football you can beat every team.'

One bad game and everything could fall. That is the verdict of Wayne Rooney, who prepares for tonight's potentially title-deciding derby against Manchester City with one thing in mind: victory.

Manchester United take a 15-point lead going into this evening's clash at Old Trafford and can almost guarantee the return of the title they surrendered last season to Roberto Mancini's men if they avoid defeat.

As excitement levels build throughout the day, Rooney insists he will motivate himself by recalling the bitter pain of losing the Barclays Premier League crown on the final day of the season - a feeling he hopes to erase later this evening.

Ready for action: Wayne Rooney is determined to erase bitter memories from last season and defeat Manchester City tonight

'To lose the league in the last second (last season) was a bad feeling,' said Rooney.

'But when you’re at a club like United, you have to be full of motivation and desire to win every year.

'That comes from the manager and all the players are aware of that. The club and the players have to be full of that desire and that’s why the club has been so successful.'

The England striker, 27, is set to return to manager Sir Alex Ferguson's starting line-up after being rested over Easter after a minor groin strain he suffered on international duty against Montenegro.

He missed last week's FA Cup quarter-final replay defeat to Chelsea and saw United's hopes of a first Double in 10 years disappear.

Now he is determined to ensure United don't concede their seemingly insurmountable advantage in the league over City - just like they did last term, when they lead by eight points.

'One bad game and everything could fall and so we go out and play each game with a positive attitude,' added Rooney.

'You have to stay focused. You have to make sure that we keep doing our job and keep are concentration.'

Rooney was twice on the losing side to City last season - including the 6-1 home defeat.

While some bookmakers are offering odds of 500-1, Rooney - who 'hates to lose' - has vowed that humiliation will not be repeated tonight.

Pain game: Rooney was in despair when United lost 6-1 at home to City last season

Sour taste: Defeat this time last year was the catalyst for Manchester City's remarkable title win over United

City slickers: Roberto Mancini's men lifted the title in dramatic fashion on the final day of last season

'I have always wanted to win and it comes from how I was brought up,' he said.

'If I was losing against my mates I could lose my cool if things went against me and now I am a pro that is the same. You need to be like that I think.'

If he stays cool tonight, he could well be celebrating one United's most-important wins over City in recent memory.

Winning feeling: Rooney was on target as united beat City at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season

Happy days: Rooney, who returns from a two week absence, wants to celebrate victory at Old Trafford tonight

• Wayne Rooney was speaking at a Nike FC247 shoot where he tried out the Nike Bomba Finale II, a boot designed for astroturf football: www.nike.com

Real Madrid trimmed the gap to La Liga leaders Barcelona to 10 points when Gonzalo Higuain, Kaka and substitutes Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil struck in a 5-1 comeback win at home to Levante on Saturday.

Coach Jose Mourinho left a number of key players out of his starting lineup as Real prepare to defend a 3-0 lead at Galatasaray in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final, second leg.

Super sub: Mesut Ozil shoots past goalkeeper Gustavo Munua

Big hit: Gonzalo Higuain scores a stunning volley

Mid-table Levante took a surprise lead in the 31st minute when Michel finished off a swift attack before Higuain levelled with an acrobatic volley five minutes later.

Kaka put Real ahead from the penalty spot in the 38th minute after Christian Lell's handball and Ronaldo volleyed into the net from close range and set up Ozil for Real's fourth after coming on in place of Jose Callejon at halftime. Ozil stroked in Real's fifth in added time as the champions moved on to 65 points from 30 matches.

Real Sociedad took advantage of fifth-placed Malaga's European hangover and strengthened their grip on fourth with a 4-2 home win over the Costa del Sol club earlier on Saturday.

Sociedad succeeded where Borussia Dortmund had failed in Wednesday's 0-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg draw as Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini gave several of his top performers a break ahead of Tuesday's return game in Germany.

On the ball: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon takes the honorary kick-off

Carlos Vela fired the Basques ahead in the 21st minute at their Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, Alberto De La Bella added a second three minutes later and Antoine Griezmann made it 3-0 just after the half hour.

Pedro Morales pulled a goal back for the visitors just before the break and Inigo Martinez nodded a fourth six minutes into the second half.

Roque Santa Cruz made it 4-2 with another header 20 minutes from time but Sociedad comfortably resisted Malaga's comeback attempt to move on to 51 points with eight games left.

Malaga have 47 in fifth, the same as sixth-placed Real Betis after their 5-1 home win over Granada on Friday.

Pellegrini immediately left for his native Chile following the match after learning of the death of his father earlier in the day. It was unclear whether he would be back in time for Tuesday's game in Dortmund.

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Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at Rennes to maintain its march to the French league title on Saturday and help eradicate memories of one of its lowest points of the season.

Jeremy Menez scored a stunning solo goal in the 56th minute as PSG re-established its seven-point lead in the standings.

Cool head: David Beckham lifts the ball over the on-rushing Benoit Costil

Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealed the result in stoppage time as PSG recorded its first win at Rennes since 2002. PSG maintained its lead over Marseille, which beat Bordeaux 1-0 on Friday.

Rennes has won only one of its past 10 matches.

PSG manager Carlo Ancelotti rested more than half of his team ahead of Wednesday's return leg at Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinals.

Only four of the starting 11 which helped PSG to a 2-2 draw in the first leg were on the pitch at kickoff against Rennes. Back in November, Ancelotti admitted his team was in crisis after it lost 2-1 at home to Rennes, which played most of the second half with nine men.

PSG almost got off to a poor start but goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu did well to turn Sadio Diallo's shot round his left post.

Ibrahimovic came close to giving PSG the lead in the 21st with a free kick from just outside the area which flew past the left upright.

The striker should have done better three minutes from halftime when he seemed certain to score after spinning to collect a through ball from Menez and racing into the area. However, his left-footed effort lacked power and was straight at Rennes goalkeeper Benoit Costil.

All smiles: Beckham shares a joke with Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the striker had opened the scoring

Head in hands: Beckham clearly can't believe the referee's decision

PSG finally scored 11 minutes after the break, as Clement Chantome found Menez, who beat almost the entire Rennes defense before firing past Costil.

PSG doubled its lead at the death. David Beckham appeared to be close to scoring his first Ligue 1 goal but Ibrahimovic made sure, heading in from practically on the goal line for his 26th league goal of the season.

PSG centre back Thiago Silv did not play in the match and is a doubt for Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Barcelona due to a knee problem, said coach Carlo Ancelotti.

'Thiago Silva suffered a knock on his knee against Barcelona on Tuesday,' Ancelotti said. 'Will he be ready for Wednesday? I don't know, we'll see.'

Ancelotti also said PSG's Italy midfielder Thiago Motta, who has been suffering with a thigh injury, would face a last-minute fitness test.

PSG will already be without suspended holding midfielder Blaise Matuidi for the return leg at the Nou Camp.

Manchester United have been told they only have themselves to blame for the chronic lack of atmosphere at Old Trafford.

Following a request from supporters at a Fans Forum, United have appointed an acoustic engineer to work out why the noise from certain parts of the stadium does not filter across to others.

A sound specialist has already been to one match and is due to attend others before the season comes to an end before offering their advice on the matter.

Sing up for the lads: Manchester United have hired an expert to help improve atmosphere at home games

It is the latest in a series of initiatives the club have undertaken in an attempt to generate more atmosphere inside the 76,000-capacity stadium, so often derided by visiting supporters for its lack of noise.

However, the move has not met with the approval of the Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association, who have repeatedly campaigned for safe standing areas to be reintroduced and the advent of singing sections.

'For many, many years now, fans have been told to sit down, shut up and taken what they are given,' said an IMUSA spokesman.

'Well now they are sat down, and they have shut up - and the club don't like it. And as usual, when there are two solutions to a problem, they have gone for the most simple one rather than the best.

'For a start United could look at less aggressive stewarding. Fans are allowed to stand at moments of high excitement. When they are forced to sit - as they often are at Old Trafford - they make less noise.

Thanks for your support: Sir Alex Ferguson has always enjoyed a good relationship with fans

'They should also look at having a section of the ground where like-minded fans could be in the same place, because we recognise standing is an issue for some and not for others.

'Safe-standing does need to be looked at properly, and in more depth, because if they can have it in Germany, why not England?

'And the club should also turn the tannoy music off before games to give fans a chance to make some noise themselves.'

Ironically, the issue has been raised ahead of Monday's Manchester derby with City, one of the occasions when increased noise is not necessary.

Home and away: United's away support is among the best in Europe, but matters are different back home

The criticism of United should be tempered by the knowledge they have tried to relocate away supporters in an attempt to introduce a singing section, only to be thwarted by local authorities, who felt the alternatives created too much potential for trouble.

It has left the club actively investigating alternatives for a suitable 'singing section' in the knowledge some season ticket holders would have to be relocated.

Discussions are ongoing but with season ticket renewals due to be sent out within the next four or five weeks, United accept it will take a number of years for a complete singing section to be created.

Fernando Torres vowed to ‘never, ever give up’ in his effort to recapture the goal touch which once made him the world’s deadliest striker.

Torres scored twice in Chelsea’s 3-1 win against Rubin Kazan in the Europa League quarter-final tie on Thursday in what was arguably his best game since a £50million transfer from Liverpool two years ago.

In an exclusive Sportsmail interview, he issued a defiant response to critics who suspect the striker is a spent force at 29-years-old.

‘I want to do the things I used to do all my life,’ said Torres. ‘I did them at Atletico, I did them at Liverpool and I am not doing them at Chelsea. I am working on it. If I knew the reason, I would fix it in one minute. But the only way to fix these things is to work at it.

‘I am training every day and I will never, ever give up.’

True Blue: Fernando Torres gets dressed up in paint as part of adidas' new kit launch

Fernando Torres has been discussing Chelsea, trophies and goals, when he turns to Spain and the  origins of the team who rule international football.

‘I remember what people said when we first started playing with all the little ones,’ said Torres. ‘They said you cannot play this way. They are small, they are not strong. They said when you go to England or Germany, they will kill you. No-one believed in us — our own fans had their doubts too — and at the World Cup in 2006 we lost to France in the first knockout round. But it made us stronger.

‘We thought we could do something great and look what we did over time.’

Belief and trust are recurring themes in the Torres story and his reflections on Spain connect with his views on this transitional period at Chelsea and the emergence of a new team built around small, technical footballers such as Juan Mata, Oscar and Eden Hazard.

‘We have to realise how good the players are in our midfield,’ said Torres, pictured here covered in blue paint as part of a campaign to promote Chelsea’s new kit for next season. ‘They are the heart of the team now. Eden, Oscar and Juan Mata have been doing well. Oscar is 21 and it has been a great season for him. It is not easy to come to Chelsea at 21 and be an important player. OK, he’s a Brazilian international, a great player, but he is 21 and has never played in Europe before.

‘We have to think about these things as we build for the future. If this is something we believe in, we must stick with it.’

Posing: Nine Chelsea players were covered in the paint, including David Luiz (left) and Eden Hazard (right)

Submerged: The £50million striker takes a dip in the blue liquid

As a boy in Madrid, Torres did not dream of winning the World Cup. ‘Spain never got past the quarter-finals,’ he shrugged. ‘How can you grow up thinking you’re going to win the World Cup? It was impossible.’

In Madrid, boys pictured themselves lifting the European Cup as did Torres when his beloved Atletico won the Spanish title in 1996 and the Vicente Calderon stadium crackled with the energy of top European football. ‘I am very lucky to have been born in Spain in this generation,’ said Torres. ‘To win the European Championship twice and the World Cup is massive. To win for your country is bigger than the Champions League.

‘But when Atletico Madrid won the league and went into the Champions League I went and watched the biggest teams in Europe. I was 13 years old and that was the first time I felt I wanted to win this trophy. Last year we did it and it was an amazing feeling. It didn’t  matter what had happened during the  season. Everything was worth it when Didier scored that penalty. To lift the trophy was a dream come true.’

Back among the goals: Torres (second right) scored two as Chelsea beat Rubin Kazan 3-1 in the Europa League

It was an astonishing night in Munich as Petr Cech saved three times from the spot and Didier Drogba settled the penalty shoot-out. ‘It was our game,’ said Torres. ‘It was meant to be for us.’

Drogba’s winner was his last kick in a Chelsea shirt. Off went the hero to China and Turkey and Torres rejects the theory that he was glad to see the back of him. ‘We wanted to play more together,’ he said. ‘We did sometimes, particularly at the beginning with Carlo Ancelotti and we were fine. With a different manager we didn’t find a way to play together which was a pity for us. But there was competition because we both wanted to play.

The man in the mask: The goals were the 17th and 18th of the season for the Spanish striker

‘I don’t know who played more games — maybe it was 50-50 — but the relationship was great. He helped me a lot when I came and he still does. It was the perfect end to a Chelsea career for him. Giving the Champions League to the team you have played for, for so many years. I was so happy for us, for him, for everyone.’

It is the day after an FA Cup quarter-final victory against Manchester United. Torres only featured for a few minutes and has had a rigorous training session, followed by a long massage. His head is still pounding from the mask worn in training to protect his nose, broken last month by the boot of a clumsy defender moments after his vital Europa League goal against Steaua Bucharest.

Have we seen that before? Torres pulls a familiar pose

‘It wasn’t too bad thankfully, just a lot of blood,’ said Torres. ‘I didn’t need surgery but the mask is uncomfortable, it is too tight. It’s a good idea because they leave a space between the mask and the nose so if someone hits you it doesn’t touch the nose.

‘This means it is tight around your head. It has to be like this because if it’s moving, it’s doing nothing. But after 90 minutes or after training you have headaches.’

The Chelsea striker appears in shorts and a T-shirt, pauses to scribble an autograph and poses for a photo. In conversation, he searches with his deep brown eyes and smiles often. He speaks quietly yet fluently and confidently, even on the thorny subject of his goal record. ‘I am happy here,’ said Torres. ‘I am enjoying London and happy at this club. I know my  statistics at Chelsea have not been the same as in other years in my career. But I am fighting to get back to those statistics and I will never, ever give up.

‘I want to do the things I used to do. I did them at Atletico, I did them at Liverpool but I am not doing them at Chelsea. If I knew the reason, I would fix it in one minute. But the only way to fix these things is to work at them.

‘I will try my heart out for this club. There are too many things I have to give back to these people and I want to show my thanks to them. Hopefully this season we can give them two more trophies and next season we can fight again for the biggest ones, the Champions League and the Premier League.’

All smiles: Torres is kept warm in front of a heater

Torres has 18 goals, including two on Thursday in the 3-1 home win against Rubin Kazan, in 52 appearances this season. In all, since signing from Liverpool two years ago, he has 30 in 118. In three-and-a-half years at Anfield, he scored 81 in 142. ‘I will ask more of myself,’ he said. ‘I am getting better but I’m still not at the level I want.’

Seven goals in six games soon after the decision to replace Roberto Di Matteo with Rafa Benitez suggested Torres would prosper from the reunion with his former Liverpool boss.

‘I felt really sorry for Robbie,’ said Torres. ‘He had a great time here and helped us win the Champions League. He helped me make my dream come true. I only have good memories of Robbie. I played a lot of games for him.

Sympathy: Torres talks with former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo after last season's Champions League semi-final against Barcelona

‘It was a pity and a really strange situation but when I knew it was Rafa, I was happy. I had some great times with him and I thought it was good for the team.’ Since signing Demba Ba from Newcastle, Benitez has alternated his strikers in an attempt to negotiate the congested fixture list without running his players into the ground.

Denying the manager treats him differently to other players, Torres said: ‘Our relationship is professional. I know we were together in the past but that doesn’t mean he’s going to give me special treatment. As you can see, he’s not. Many people say maybe he’s here because of me but that’s stupid.’

Ba has played in successive games once and Torres twice since the new year. In 23 games in 2013, Torres has started 12 and Ba 11. ‘Everyone wants to play, always,’ he added. ‘We know we cannot and we have to change players. No-one can play this number of games and play at 100 per cent.

False dawn? Torres initially flourished under new Rafa Benitez (right) before losing his form

'More than ever we have to learn to be a team. We have to be good team-mates. Maybe when we are managers we will understand better. ’

On Sunday, Chelsea play their fourth game in eight days. After the FA Cup and Europa League it is back to the Barclays Premier League, at home to Sunderland and three points are essential in the bid to finish in the top four. ‘I’m sure we have learned from last season,’ said Torres. ‘We finished sixth and we know what happened. We started to focus on the Champions League, forgetting the Premier League. Things were OK because we won the Champions League.

‘But we don’t want to play in the Europa League next season. We want to play in the Champions League. We have to focus and finish in the top four. At the same time we have to try to win the FA Cup and the Europa League.’

Record setter: Torres' goals in the Europa League means he has become the first player to score in seven different competitions in a single season

The tie against Steaua is heading for extra time when a flash of vintage Torres sends his team into the last eight and he sets a record as the first player to score in seven different competitions in a season.

It was not a record he savoured, especially not the Europa League part. But it has been another  complicated campaign at Stamford Bridge. When is it anything else?

New boy: The January arrival of Demba Ba has seen Torres' starting alternate matches

‘One year you’re the best in Europe and the next you’re out in the group stage,’ said Torres. ‘When we sat down to watch the Champions League this week it was killing us. It has been a strange season but we can still win two trophies. We are still fighting to finish in a good way. This is what Chelsea means. We always fight for trophies, whatever the competition.’

In almost a decade under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, the Blues have won 10 major  trophies. They have lost in two major finals and finished  runners-up four times in the  Barclays Premier League. A  winning mentality has become engrained in the club.

‘There are different ways to do it,’ said Torres. ‘Chelsea have won  trophies their way and Manchester United have won trophies keeping Sir Alex Ferguson in charge.  Chelsea have been winning trophies since before I came to England and they are still doing so.

‘We won the Champions League last season for the first time in the club’s history. Something is going right.’

It is true. The appetite for silver at this club is insatiable, as if making up for eight major trophies in  98 years before the Russian  takeover. Where others give the impression they would sooner throw in the towel when the Capital One Cup or the Europa League rear up, Chelsea climb off the stool for another challenge.

‘Many teams don’t want to go through in the Europa League, they want to focus on the Premier League but we’ve shown to everyone we want to win it,’ said Torres. ‘This is another European trophy; you cannot be disrespectful to these competitions.

‘At the start of the season, if someone asks which you want to win, you say the Champions League or the Premier League. Now the reality is we’re fighting for different ones.

‘It’s been a very, very hard season with many difficulties in the way. But if we win the Europa League, the FA Cup and finish in the top four it will be not bad.’

Rolling back the years: Torres scores for Atletico Madrid against Barcelona

Torres believes English football is strong and healthy. ‘English fans should be very proud of the players who come here to play and England has some very talented players,’ he said. ‘Everyone is thinking why England aren’t winning but it’s a matter of time. Don’t be worried.’

But ask him to name his favourite non-Chelsea players in the Premier League and he comes over all  patriotic. He loves to watch Wayne Rooney, Jack Wilshere and Steven Gerrard, of course, but he has enjoyed the Spanish invasion.

‘Michu, a big surprise for Swansea,’ said Torres. ‘Santi Cazorla and Mikel Arteta for Arsenal are great and David Silva. I admire Silva for his ability. He is the best player in the Premier League.’

These Spanish players represent a family to Torres, as team-mates in an international side who have developed together, won the last two European titles and will defend their World Cup in Brazil next year.

Growing up in Madrid, he dared not dream of winning the World Cup but things have changed. Spain lead the football world with the little players no-one believed in and Torres has found that  holding down a place in Vicente del Bosque’s squad is not easy. ‘When I watched the game against France in Paris, I felt this was still my team and they were still my team-mates,’ said Torres, who was not selected for last week’s World Cup qualifiers.

‘I will do everything to get back into the squad because this generation can win the World Cup in Brazil and I want to be involved.

My place in the Spain team is important to me but the first step is to do well for Chelsea. If I want to be there, I have to play well for my club. Everything is connected.’

Viva Espana: Torres scores in the Euro 2012 final (above) and celebrates his win (below). But he has not been in the Spanish squad since playing against France in October 2012

Fernando Torres was speaking as part of the new adidas ‘It’s Blue, what else matters?’ Chelsea FC campaign. For more information visit adidas.com or follow @adidasUK to join the conversation using #allincfc

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