The Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez has confirmed that his striker Fernando Torres is close to recovery from the injury that has kept him out of the squad since the beginning of November.
Torres was injured while on international duty for Spain and has not been able to play since Liverpool's Champions League match against Lyon. However, Benítez believes he could be fit to face Blackburn this weekend.
"The feedback we had about Torres yesterday was very positive and he was feeling good," he said. "We will see how he is in the next training sessions, but it seems as though things are going well."
Asked whether the Spain international could face Rovers, Benítez added: "It depends on how he feels during the week. He has to keep training with the fitness coach, but if he is feeling better maybe he can be involved in normal training sessions and afterwards we can decide."
Benítez expects to have something close to a full squad of players to choose from for the encounter with Sam Allardyce's side as the summer signing Alberto Aquilani is finally available for selection, while Steven Gerrard is nearing full match fitness.
"We have two or three players with knocks, but hopefully they are small things," said Benítez. "It is always very positive [to have a fully fit squad], but there is a big difference in players being available and being ready.
"When they are coming back from injuries you have to be careful, but at least we will have options we didn't have before."
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