If you watched the 2010 World Cup and wondered why there was all the fuss about Spanish forward Fernando Torres, hopefully today's news will clear some things up.
Torres had a miserable tournament, ultimately getting benched and leaving the final with an injury that has now been diagnosed as a ruptured thigh muscle in his left leg.
It turns out that Spain didn't even need Torres which is a shame because you have to believe us when we tell you this guy is one of the best strikers in the world. Watching him play for Liverpool is one of my favorite parts about the EPL.
Head of Sports Science and Medicine Peter Brukner told the club's official website: "The initial assessment was he had a mild adductor tear and the Spanish medial staff didn't consider it to be too serious at the time.
"He had an MRI scan yesterday [Tuesday] which confirmed a small tear. He should be able to resume training within two to three weeks and be able to play again within three to four weeks."
Boss Roy Hodgson, meanwhile, is taking encouragement from the image of Torres wearing a Liverpool scarf after the World Cup victory.
"As Liverpool manager, I take great pride in the fact that two of our players can call themselves World Cup winners this summer," he said.
"Unfortunately, one team had to lose that final and, while my commiserations go out to the Dutch lads, I have to say congratulations to Fernando and Pepe (Reina). Winning the World Cup is the ultimate honour any player can have in international football and you could see what it meant to both players as soon as the celebrations started.
"I think it's safe to say the pictures of Fernando in the dressing room with the World Cup certainly went down well with our fans but the club can be proud of all the players who went away to the World Cup.
"To have four players reach the final is an incredible achievement and I look forward to working with them when they return to Melwood after their holidays."
Ironically the opening day of the 2010-2011 EPL season is exactly one month from today: Saturday, August 14 (really). The world needs a healthy Torres, we missed out on that for the past month so hopefully he can fully recover for another incredible club season.
I'm not enough of a fanboy to know the reason but maybe Torres should go back to the blond hair. I don't think the dark shade suits him well.
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