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Fernando Torres has no desire to quit Liverpool this summer according to manager Rafael Benitez.

The Reds striker has been linked with a summer move to Premier League champions Chelsea or mega-rich Manchester City after a torrid campaign which saw the Merseysiders finish seventh.

The lack of UEFA Champions League football for next term has led some to claim the Spanish international, who is currently racing against the clock to be fit for the World Cup following a knee operation, would opt to leave Anfield.

But Benitez sides on the contrary, insisting the former Atletico Madrid marksman will stay at Liverpool beyond the South Africa finals.

"I am not aware that Torres wants to leave," said the Spaniard, who revealed on Wednesday he would like to manage his national team in the future.

"Now he is only focusing on recovering and going to the World Cup, only then will he think about his future."

Benitez added that Torres' importance to Liverpool goes far beyond his actions on the pitch, saying: "Torres has multiplied the Liverpool image in Asia because all the women there are crazy about him."

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11669_6162625,00.html

Rafa full of it. I'm neither Asian or a woman and I'm crazy about Torres!!!

Rafael Benitez has pledged his future to Anfield amidst continuing interest from AC Milan and Inter Milan.

Speaking in Madrid earlier today the Liverpool manager chose to reiterate his commitment to returning the club back to former glories despite their perrilous financial situation and denied any knowledge of receiving any approaches from the Serie A champions.

Benitez claimed that Liverpool has become a victim of their own success by lifting four trophies in his first three years at the helm and insisted that winning the Premier League would take time, as Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson had proved in his early tenure.

He said: “My future is with Liverpool. I have four more years of contract and I want to succeed. I have no offer. I hope to make a competitive team.

“My critics in London say that I am not a good manager and experts with an English accent here say the same. But Liverpool has had an average of 69 points in the last 12 seasons.

"The club made a huge mistake, which was to start winning four trophies. Then people will ask for more. Ferguson took seven years to win the Premier League."

Barcelona's capture of David Villa from Valencia earlier today has done very little to allay fears over the future of Fernando Torres, with Manchester City and Chelsea planning to test Liverpool's resolve when the summer transfer window opens on June 1.

But Benitez is confident that the striker will remain at Anfield after seeing no signs of discontent from Torres, 26, who is a very key aspect of the club's global marketing especially in Asia.

"I have no evidence that Torres wants to go," insists Benitez.

"It is now focused on recovering, to win the World Cup and then think about their future. He multiplied the image of Liverpool in Asia because it makes women crazy there."

http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/live...n-interest.html

So that seems like the clearest indication yet that he will still be here.

Im not certain, but i get a feeling there is a hint about the Asian image??

Am i reading too much into it?

"The club made a huge mistake, which was to start winning four trophies."

put it on the stupid list.

yea that must be one of the most stupid things i've ever heard...

that just made me cringe reading it

Christ! Rafa don't half come out with some crap!!

The interview was in Spanish, so part of it will be 'lost in translation'.

As for "The club made a huge mistake, which was to start winning four trophies", he's right. People have forgotten how crap we were before he came, & before someone says it, we were not as crap now as we are then.

gutted to hear such sermons from this guy.sore loser..puking in the media...clearly not helping him..