Liverpool ace Fernando Torres is set to miss the World Cup with Spain.

The Sunday Mirror says Torres's knee injury could keep him out for the rest of the season.

The Anfield striker has been unable to travel to Barcelona to see his knee specialist because of the British ban on flying.

But the medical staff at Anfield believe Torres's current problem may be cured only by going under the surgeon's knife.

That would keep him out of the rest of Liverpool's Premier League and Europa League games - and possibly the World Cup.