Torres suffers injury to worry Liverpool
Liverpool are facing the prospect of taking on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday without Fernando Torres. The Spain striker lasted only 23 minutes of his national team’s 1-0 friendly win over France in M?laga last night before being replaced after suffering what appeared to be a hamstring injury to his right leg.
It was not immediately obvious when Torres sustained the problem, but Luis Aragon?s, the Spain coach, was quick to replace Torres with Daniel G?iza, of Mallorca, when it became obvious he was struggling.
Johnny Heitinga and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who are teammates at Ajax, scored first-half goals and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, the Celtic striker, added another to give Holland a 3-0 win over Croatia in their friendly international in Split. It was a disappointing performance for Croatia in their first outing since beating England 3-2 at Wembley in November.
Ronaldo eyes Spain
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Cristiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United winger, “feels well” in England but harbours ambitions of playing in Spain. “I would like to play in Spain one day,” the Portugal player said. “I also would like to play in Portugal [again] and Italy.” Despite his dream, Ronaldo, 23, said that he would stay in England for “ten or 20 more years”. “My learning process has not finished yet,” he said.
Bournemouth dismay
Bournemouth want Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to withdraw a petition for a winding-up order while they attempt to agree a deal that will keep them in business. Jeff Mostyn, the chairman, is trying to find buyers to keep the Coca-Cola League One club out of administration and described yesterday’s application by HMRC as “extremely disappointing”.