Liverpool's failure to qualify for the Champions League next season has raised questions over the future of both Torres and captain Steven Gerrard.Chelsea are hotly tipped to make an offer for Torres in the coming weeks, but for now agent Jose Antonio Peton believes Torres intends to remain at Anfield.
"For the moment, I can assure fans that Fernando will continue at Liverpool next season," Peton told Punto Radio."Everything is down to Liverpool's attitude but for the time being Fernando is happy at the club and has a good contract.
"Liverpool have not spoken to us about his future, so he is just concentrating on playing at the World Cup."
Torres himself said: "I want to think about the national team, about winning. Since I've been injured, the season has been over for me. I've started working morning and evening to be able to be here, thinking only of getting there."One player who will be leaving Anfield is defender Fabio Aurelio, who has turned down the offer of a new pay-as-you-play deal and will leave the club at the end of his current contract in June, manager Rafael Benitez has confirmed.Because of his fitness record the club offered the 30-year-old a flexible deal based on the matches he played but Aurelio wanted the security of a more permanent arrangement and has chosen to end his four-year stay at Anfield."Fabio's contract is nearly finished and he is going to leave us," Benitez told the Liverpool Echo.. "We had been trying to work something out with regards an extension but it was a pity that we couldn't."He has given us absolutely fantastic service. The one problem we had with Fabio was that he suffered too many injuries and it was such a pity because he has great quality."With Fabio being out so much, it meant that we had to use [Emiliano] Insua more than we would have liked and that was not easy for him. Fabio is a top professional, a great player and a really good lad. It has been a pleasure having him here and we really will miss him."You are talking about an amazing person who gave 100% all the time. We wish him all the best."
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