Fernando facing 'Liverpool vs Spain' dilemma

• Poignant

  22 Dec 09, 20:26

  Liverpool’s Torres facing club v country surgery decision

  Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is facing pressure from Spain officials to undergo hernia surgery.

  The Telegraph says Torres faces a choice of immense significance for Liverpool. Club or country? Who has more to play for in 2010.

  If the prolific forward does what is best for Spain, and misses two months of the new year on surgery and rehab, then certain other members of the Liverpool squad with one eye on South Africa might be tempted to ease up, conserving their energies for a potentially momentous summer.

  Torres can "continue to manage the injury through'', in the words of Rafael Benítez, resting religiously between games and operating at only 90 per cent. Or he can confront a condition that threatens the pace and mobility that Spain will rely on in the World Cup.

• the Bear

  22 Dec 09, 20:56

  Liverpool is a lost cause this year...

  so Spain?

• fudgester

  22 Dec 09, 21:02

  Liverpool: got beaten by the bottommost club, got thrown out of the Champions League, not even likely to requalify next year.

  Spain: on their current form, has a reasonably good chance of going all the way to the World Cup final match. Hey, they did win Euro 2008 after all....

  I'd go for the latter.

• Agenda

  22 Dec 09, 22:07

  I believe all true Liverpool fans should be behind Torres' decision, afterall he has shown no lack of loyalty to the club.

  If anyone's to be blamed should Liverpool not qualify for UCL next season, it's definitely not him.

  Personally, I wish he wouldn't go fort he surgery and stay to help Liverpool but I would understand if he decides not to do so.

• Poignant

  22 Dec 09, 22:28

  Originally posted by Agenda:

  I believe all true Liverpool fans should be behind Torres' decision, afterall he has shown no lack of loyalty to the club.

  If anyone's to be blamed should Liverpool not qualify for UCL next season, it's definitely not him.

  Personally, I wish he wouldn't go fort he surgery and stay to help Liverpool but I would understand if he decides not to do so.

  agreed

• iceFatboy

  23 Dec 09, 10:00

  worst possible, (which I hope doesn't happen, touch wood.), is he plays on, and get badly injured that he can't play for both spain/pool..

  question is why he playing when he is not fit and run the risk of further injury?

• zocoss

  23 Dec 09, 10:51

  He has become another injury prone player... Last year also like this already... This year even worse... Will it ever going to get better? Or will he be like Duff, always in and out of the team...