Source: Team_Talk
Hodgson: Torres has 'beef' with club
iverpool manager Roy Hodgson admits he is running out of options in his bid to keep Fernando Torres at Anfield.[LNB] The new Reds boss is hoping Torres will follow captain Steven Gerrard's example and publicly commit himself to the club but he concedes the player has misgivings.[LNB]Hodgson, who briefly met with the Spain international for the first time last week, insists Torres' apparent reluctance to commit himself to another season with Liverpool pre-dates his time at the club.[LNB]"Unfortunately, I cannot do much more," Hodgson admitted in quotes reported by the News of the World.[LNB]"His beef is with the club and not me.[LNB]"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.[LNB]"He knows what I would like to do with the club. He knows how much I value him.[LNB]"But his issues are with what has gone on in the past rather than the future.[LNB]"If he has problems with the club for things in the past, it is difficult for me to dismiss that."
