Torres Contemplating New Year Surgery?

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.8m	93.5%	Likely
Rice	ARS	7.1m	86.7%	Likely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	101.9%	Very Likely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	99.5%	Likely
Foden	MCI	8.9m	89.7%	Likely
Wirtz	LIV	8.0m	87.4%	Likely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.9%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	78.3%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	75.2%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	70.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	71.1%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	69.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	70.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	69.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.2%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	65.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	64.1%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	65.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	63.3%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	55.6%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	57.6%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	55.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.8%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.2m	39.1%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	51.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.2%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	51.4%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	49.5%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	47.2%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	46.8%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	46.4%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	43.8%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	43.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.6m	42.7%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	41.7%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	40.9%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	36.5%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	37.6%	Unlikely

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B.Fernandes	MUN	9.4m	150.5%	Very Likely
Mateta	CRY	7.8m	111.3%	Very Likely
Johnstone	WOL	4.5m	101.7%	Very Likely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	102.1%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.4%	Very Likely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	100.3%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	100.3%	Very Likely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	101.1%	Very Likely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	100.5%	Very Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.4%	Very Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	99.4%	Likely
Tzimas	BHA	5.3m	98.9%	Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	99.4%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	99.6%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	96.4%	Maybe
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	99.3%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	96.9%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	97.5%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.1%	Maybe
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	95.5%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	95.3%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	95.0%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	95.4%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Talbi	SUN	5.0m	93.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Gittens	CHE	6.1m	93.7%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	93.6%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.4%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.1m	91.6%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	92.3%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	92.4%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	91.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	91.3%	Unlikely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	90.5%	Unlikely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	89.6%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	90.4%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	90.8%	Unlikely

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No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
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No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

An article in the Daily Telegraph this morning discusses the possibility that Fernando Torres will undergo surgery on his hernia in the New Year, speculating that the striker will start to feel the pressure from back home in Spain to sort the injury prior to the World Cup.

Torres returned to the Rafa’s starting lineup against Portsmouth on Saturday after being eased back with a couple of substitute appearances in previous gameweeks. The fact that Rafa has shown great care with the striker, despite Liverpool’s season spiralling week by week, indicates that he is certainly is fearful of aggravating the injury. Indeed, Benitez has recently indicated that he is likely to continue to monitor Torres, particularly over the Christmas period…

“We have a lot of games coming up now so we have to manage carefully with Fernando…He was tired after Arsenal so I wanted to protect him in midweek. When he came on as a substitute to score against Wigan he looked quite sharp so we have to keep an eye on him in every game and see how we can manage.”

Henry Winter’s article suggests that with nothing but an FA Cup triumph to fight for, Torres may put World Cup ambitions first and elect to go under the knife mid-season rather than chance the injury causing an issue in South Africa. Liverpool are said to be lining up a bid to bring Ruud Van Nistelrooy to Anfield in January – it’s possible that such a move pave the way for Torres to seek out a solution to his hernia.

It’s all pure speculation on Winter’s part but it’s certainly something worth considering, particularly when it’s suggested that Torres would required two months on the sidelines to fully recover from such an operation.

The Liverpool striker is being lined up by many fantasy managers as the ready-made replacement for Drogba when he departs for the African Cup of Nations in January. Does a possible hernia operation force a rethink? Not just yet perhaps. However, the fact that Rafa is clearly still concerned about the health of his star striker indicates that Torres is not yet 100% and may never get there unless he seeks out surgery. That may well force Rafa to throw cotton wool over Torres on several occasions over the remainder of the season, as pressure to clear the problem prior to the World Cup intensifies.

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