The media had reported that Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez was unhappy that Vincent del Bosque, the Spanish national coach, had included Fernando Torres in his squad for the friendly against England tomorrow.
But Del Bosque states that Benitez and him have a good working relationship.
“There has been no conflict with Rafa Benitez,” said del Bosque.
“I have always had good contact with him and was in Villarreal earlier this season when Liverpool played a friendly there.
“There is a perfectly correct relationship with Liverpool. I spoke to him last Friday and of course we spoke about the players and their physical condition.
“It was a perfectly cordial discussion and I would rather base my decision on what Rafa has said to me, not what has appeared in the press.
The Spanish coach was asked how long he expected Torres to play for in the game.
“You cannot make a decision in advance because then the game doesn’t go the way you expect.
“I know my starting 11 but it will depend on the match. You can’t say this or that person is going to play 40 or 45 minutes because you don’t know what is going to happen.
“But it might even be good for Fernando Torres to play a lot of minutes and go back to Liverpool in better shape.”
Its to be expected that Torres will always be picked for Spain and you have to get used to this when you have world class players in your team. Im just glad him and our other Spanish players all came back unscathed.