Key men: Roy Hodgson will need to hold onto Fernando Torres (left) and Steven Gerrard
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho's warcry against his bosses to get Gerrard may result in Torres leaving the anfield club.
Roy Hodgson has given up on torres staying at anfield.He admitted its the best he could've done.
Roy Told us, 'I've had a meeting with Fernando but there's not much more I can say,' said the former Fulham manager. 'If he has got problems with the club about things that happened in the past, then it's difficult for me to dismiss that.
'His situation has got nothing to do with me and he made that clear on the phone during the World Cup and when I met him face-to-face.
'I can't do much more than let him know that, like every Liverpool fan, I would like him to stay and would love to work with him.
'It's now for the club to satisfy him in whatever way they need to.'
Managing director Christian Purslow has been in Majorca trying to convince Torres and his representatives that the club did not oversell their ambitions last year when they persuaded him to sign a new deal until 2013.
Hodgson insists the meetings have been 'more positive than negative' but he also admitted that is no indication of the outcome.No wonder Hodgson insisted he had not yet lifted the air of gloom around Anfield last week.
Liverpool are also short of a recognised left-back three weeks before the start of the Premier League season, so the headache of having to play the season's first competitive game on Thursday is one Hodgson could do without.
Liverpool face a gruelling trip to Macedonia to play FK Rabotnicki in the third qualifying round of the Europa League and potential fatigue is sure to be a worry ahead of the domestic campaign.
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