Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is unhappy that Fernando Torres has to join up with the Spanish squad to play England.

Marca quoted him as saying, "Torres has been selected, so I had better not say a lot more,

"Obviously he is not ready, that can be seen when he plays.

"Although he nearly scored a hat-trick against Chelsea, I said then that he is not fully fit. Every day I see him and sometimes he appears to be at his best and at other times not."

Torres along with Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina, Alvaro Arbeloa and Albert Riera have all been called up by Vicente del Bosque for their friendly match against England.

Benitez made known the fact that Liverpool have spoken to the del Bosque with regards to the five players.

He said: "It will be interesting because Spain has more players from the Premier League than from the Spanish league,
"We have five players in the squad and we have spoken to del Bosque and the physical coach there and let them know what we would like. But we know that they will play."