The tough-tackling midfielder engineered his hasty departure from the Merseyside Premier League club in order to sign for Champions League favourites Barcelona earlier in the season.
Torres claims the Argentina captain was a superb player for the club during his three year spell with Liverpool, but suggests he was treated badly when he left.
Torres told Spanish publication Sport “Javier Mascherano did many good things for Liverpool but they did not treat him well when he left,
“It is a complicated situation when you leave a club but footballers always want to move forward, chase what he believes is better, because we only have eight or 10 good years.”
Since leaving Anfield in January for a British transfer record, the World Cup winning Spaniard has been critical of the alleged malaise he left behind and outspoken in his reasons for wanting to leave the club. In response, at the weekend Steven Gerrard intimated the club were perhaps better off now, having managed to sign Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez in place for the formerly prolific ex-Kop hero.
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Fernando Torres: Liverpool Did Not Treat Mascherano Well When He Left