The Spanish football federation have confirmed Liverpool striker Fernando Torres will not pull out of the squad for their final World Cup qualifier against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Torres has had some problems in his adductor muscle over the past week and, although he still played 53 minutes of Spain's victory over Armenia on Saturday, there was speculation he would withdraw from the squad after he was forced to sit out training yesterday.
"Fernando Torres will not abandon the Spain camp as several media outlets have said," read a statement on the federation website, www.rfef.es.
"The forward, who has been hindered by some adductor pain, underwent a scan after lunch which showed encouraging results.
"The player has improved thanks to the physiotherapy carried out by the medical staff and we are studying the possibility of the player participating in part of the afternoon training session."
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has assured Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez he will not risk Torres on Wednesday if there is the slightest doubt over the striker's fitness.
