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Fernando Torres flies to Spain for tests

Source: The Guardian

Nov 06, 2009

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• Injured Liverpool striker sees specialist in Valencia
• Torres and Steven Gerrard may play against Birmingham

Liverpool's concerns over the fitness of Fernando Torres have deepened after the striker flew to visit a specialist in Valencia for a second opinion on the hernia problem that has plagued him throughout Liverpool's desperate run of one win in eight games.

Earlier in the day he had visited a private clinic on Merseyside for a scan on his groin, although that appointment was arranged before his 87-minute appearance against Lyon in the Champions League on Wednesday and has been a post-match routine since he developed the problem on international duty last month.

With Steven Gerrard, who has missed Liverpool's last four matches with a groin injury, also being assessed on a day-by-day basis, the club have delayed a decision on whether to send the pair for operations in the hope that their captain and leading striker can help lift their season at home to Birmingham City on Monday. The international break which follows that game – it is three weeks before Live

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