Hodgson told the News of the World: "Unfortunately, I cannot do much more. His beef is with the club and not me. Fernando's situation has nothing to do with me, he made that perfectly clear over the phone during the World Cup and when I met him face-to-face.
"He knows what I would like to do with the club. He knows how much I value him. But his issues are with what has gone on in the past rather than the future. If he has problems with the club for things in the past, it is difficult for me to dismiss that.
"People forget he is a Liverpool player. One year ago he signed a four-year contract. I hope he will commit himself by honouring his contract."
At first glance I thought this was pretty troubling. On reflection I don't believe Torres will leave. I think he loves the club too much to just walk out. I do believe that he's probably had the balls to stand up to Purslime, Hicks and Gillet and maybe called them into account for their broken promises. I suspect he wants to know exactly what is happening with club, potential buyers, dates etc.
Hodgson told the News of the World: "Unfortunately, I cannot do much more. His beef is with the club and not me. Fernando's situation has nothing to do with me, he made that perfectly clear over the phone during the World Cup and when I met him face-to-face.
"He knows what I would like to do with the club. He knows how much I value him. But his issues are with what has gone on in the past rather than the future. If he has problems with the club for things in the past, it is difficult for me to dismiss that.
"People forget he is a Liverpool player. One year ago he signed a four-year contract. I hope he will commit himself by honouring his contract."
At first glance I thought this was pretty troubling. On reflection I don't believe Torres will leave. I think he loves the club too much to just walk out. I do believe that he's probably had the balls to stand up to Purslime, Hicks and Gillet and maybe called them into account for their broken promises. I suspect he wants to know exactly what is happening with club, potential buyers, dates etc.