Dalglish convinces Torres to stay?

The Fernando Torres saga continues, with new speculations coming all the time. He did not show up to this mornings first training session with the squad at Melwood, but is said to be joining his team mates later today, now being in talks with club officials.

Kenny Dalglish said that 'My next managerial challenge on the pitch comes against Stoke City at Anfield on Wednesday night'.

If we read 'between the lines', he has a big challenge also off the pitch.

Now former Liverpool midfielder Terry McDermott has told talkSPORT he believes Kenny Dalglish can convince Torres to stay at Anfield.

The Huddersfield Town assistant manager is confident the Reds boss can talk round the Spanish striker who had a written transfer request turned down on Friday.

But, he also concedes that if Torres’s mind can’t be changed he should be sold to Chelsea and not kept at the club against his will.

- With Kenny’s powers of persuasion I think we might find he might stay. I can understand where Torres is coming from but when you’ve got Kenny Dalglish [talking] in your ear, saying ‘we don’t want you to go’, it’s a bit tempting for him to stay, McDermott said.

- I hope he does, certainly until the summer and then take it from there. But I think if Kenny wasn’t there he’d definitely be going.”

However, McDermott also feels if Dalglish is unsuccessful and Torres still wants to leave, the club should let him, as his presence in the dressing room will be disruptive if he is kept against his will.