Stevie and Joe will help us keep Torres, says Dalglish
LIVERPOOL legend Kenny Dalglish is backing Fernando Torres to follow in the footsteps of Steven Gerrard and commit his future to the club.
Torres is yet to discuss his future with new Reds boss Roy Hodgson and is being linked to a £60m move to Chelsea.
Captain Gerrard reassured the club of his intention to stay after his England colleague Joe Cole agreed to join the Hodgson revolution last week.
Now, Dalglish, the club’s former boss and Academy ambassador, believes the Spanish international striker can be persuaded to remain at Anfield.
“When Torres sees that [Cole signing] and talks with Roy I am sure he will give us good news,” he said. “I hope Torres stays. Only Fernando knows what is going to do.
“Unfortunately for him he is injured, but he is a fantastic player and is very happy around the club and the city. The fact that Stevie is staying will be a great help and players like Joe Cole, Milan Jovanovic, Jonjo Shelvey and Danny Wilson means there is buying for the present and the future.”
Dalglish 59, added: “Roy is going to stamp his own authority on the club – but it is difficult at the moment because the players are coming back in dribs and drabs after the World Cup and you don’t have everyone coming back together.”
Dalglish was tipped by some to take over the Kop hotseat following the departure of Rafael Benitez, but 10 years after leaving his last spell in management at Celtic, the Scot is unsure as to whether he will ever return as a No1.
“Whether I would be a manager somewhere else remains to be seen. I don’t know,” he added. “When Rafa went I offered to help in any way I could. There was a list made up by [managing director] Christian Purslow and I spoke to a few people.
“I said I would help in any way I possibly could for Liverpool and I would have been prepared to be the manager if they wanted that. But they didn’t want that to happen, which is their prerogative and that is no problem for me.”