Rafa update on Torres injury

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says Fernando Torres will have three weeks of treatment on a groin injury, calming fears the striker needs surgery.

The striker missed Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Birmingham on Monday and Benitez confirmed to BBC Radio 5 live that he had started treatment on the problem.

"Torres was not confident and we have now started a three-week course of treatment," said Benitez.

"We will have to see how he reacts. We are not considering an operation yet."

Despite Torres' persistent injury, he has continued to feature intermittently for Liverpool in recent weeks.

He began the 3-1 defeat at Fulham and scored but was substituted by Benitez in the 62nd minute, leading to criticism of the manager.

He subsequently played in the 1-1 Champions League draw in Lyon but sat out the draw with Birmingham at Anfield.

Liverpool now trail Premier League leaders Chelsea by 11 points but Benitez is setting no timescale for the return of his star striker.

"I don't know if he will be ready for Manchester City (on 21 November)," Benitez told the Liverpool website. "The only thing I can say is we're talking about two or three weeks working with the physios.

"We haven't got a deadline, we just need to see how he is every day."

To aid his recovery, Torres has been left out of the Spain squad for the upcoming international friendlies with Argentina on Saturday and Austria the following Wednesday.

Spain manager Vincente Del Bosque revealed on the Spanish Football Federation website that an agreement had been reached with Benitez to exclude the player.

"We spoke with Torres and Benitez and concluded that he shouldn't come here," said Del Bosque. "I am sure he would have liked to, but his injury problems have made the decision (for us)."

[The Birdman]

The problem comes if 2-3 weeks of intensive treatment doesn't solve it then he is forced to have an operation when we have loads of games.
Without knowing the exact nature of the injury he would have recovered from a small operation in 3-4 weeks in most cases

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Without knowing the exact nature of the injury he would have recovered from a small operation in 3-4 weeks in most cases

Aye but an operation could make him weaker in the long-term

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The problem comes if 2-3 weeks of intensive treatment doesn't solve it then he is forced to have an operation when we have loads of games.
Without knowing the exact nature of the injury he would have recovered from a small operation in 3-4 weeks in most cases

oh i am sure we will have mark bright and merson on in 2weeks telling us how stupid rafa is if the above case happens

[Leyton388]

Right just like last season we are without torres due to injury and rafa never addressed this in the summer and now it has happened again. Who is he going to get to fill the void in january. I love rafa to bits but i am sick that he even went into this season without a new striker in the squad when it was clear as day we needed one. He better pull one out his arse in january.

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Right just like last season we are without torres due to injury and rafa never addressed this in the summer and now it has happened again. Who is he going to get to fill the void in january. I love rafa to bits but i am sick that he even went into this season without a new striker in the squad when it was clear as day we needed one. He better pull one out his arse in january.

while we know rafa had money issues, i am sure he could have picked up a decent striker on loan or getting on a bit.

[Ryan_Derrick]

while we know rafa had money issues, i am sure he could have picked up a decent striker on loan or getting on a bit.

or Owen on a free?

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or Owen on a free?

pretty certain if he came to us, he would have done his metatarsal in first week of training and still be injured now.

trust those cunts down the rd to benefit from a fully fit owen at the mooment anyway!!

[Vermilion]

while we know rafa had money issues, i am sure he could have picked up a decent striker on loan or getting on a bit.

But he could barely afford Kiryagis at 1.5mill, that had to be sqeezed out of the owners.

Wages for these players coming out of his budget and 20mill taken away from the kitty when he'd already started spending what he thought he had.

Torres injury apart, i still think we'd have managed ok this season without all the other injries, and the defences consistent lack of form, hard to forsee that lot really.

[The Birdman]

Benni McCarthy from Blackburn could be a decent, cheap short term option as he's leaving Blackfatcuntallardyceburn in Jan.

[Reece]

Benni McCarthy from Blackburn could be a decent, cheap short term option as he's leaving Blackfatcuntallardyceburn in Jan.

Yeah I was thinking that too. How old is he now? Also, I wonder how much we could get Kevin Davies for in January.....

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32 and injury prone now

[Reece]

He'd fit in well then

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yes old and knackered

[DannyMan2006]

Yeah I was thinking that too. How old is he now? Also, I wonder how much we could get Kevin Davies for in January.....

I like Davies as a player. If he was younger he'd be in the England squad now. But as he's Bolton captain I doubt he'd come cheap. And due to his age we would probably be better off going for a younger player, unless by some miracle we can actually get in the title race come January 1st.