Liverpool Striker Fernando Torres Eager So Start For Spain Despite Roy Hodgson’s Appeal For Him To Be Rested - Report

31-Aug-2010 1:25:00 AM

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Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson’s appeal for his striker Fernando Torres to be omitted from the Spain squad for their upcoming fixtures against Liechtenstein and Argentina appears to have fallen on deaf ears as the striker gets ready to earn his place in the world champions’ starting line-up.

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Hodgson had called on the Spain manager, Vicente Del Bosque, to omit Torres from the Euro 2012 qualifier in Liechtenstein on Friday and the friendly in Buenos Aires next Tuesday in order for him to under an intensive training programme in Liverpool.

But according to according to The Guardian, the striker, who joined his international team-mates on Sunday evening, does not want to jeopardise his place in Del Bosque’s squad further after a disappointing World Cup in South Africa where he suffered with a knee injury.

Speaking to The Mirror, Hodgson admitted: "We hope Spain will not call upon his services and give him the chance to continue his pre-season because he needs training more than matches.

"It would be very nice if Del Bosque would look kindly on us because there's no doubt that he would prosper from two weeks of serious training, hard training, to continue his pre-season work.

"If he's going to go away with them and play matches, that's quite a different kind of training and preparation. That's not what he requires at this moment in time and he requires a much more rigorous training programme."