Pool legend Dalglish confident Torres will stay Red

FORMER Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is confident the capture of Joe Cole and retention of captain Steven Gerrard will show Fernando Torres just how serious Roy Hodgson is about moving the Reds forwards.

Hodgson, who took charge at Anfield following the departure of Rafael Benitez, is hoping Torres will follow Gerrard’s example and publicly commit himself to the club, but concedes the Spain striker has misgivings.

Hodgson briefly met with Torres for the first time last week and maintains the 26-year-old’s apparent reluctance to commit himself to another season with Liverpool comes from issues stretching back before he arrived as the new manager.