Recently by Dan Kay

FERNANDO TORRES has been given hope of playing in next week's Europa League semi-final against his old club Atletico Madrid.

The Spaniard missed Sunday's draw against Fulham and was in Barcelona to have tests on the same knee that kept him out of action for a month in January amid fears that he may have suffered a recurrence of the same injury, which could have kept him out of the rest of Liverpool's season and even the world Cup.

News that LFC's American owners may soon be on their way should be treated with extreme caution says former ECHO man Brian Reade on the Mirror Football website

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SMILES abounded at Anfield last night for the first time in what seemed like forever and they weren't just about the Kop's light-hearted advice to the visiting manager regarding his well-documented fiscal activities.

There have been several so-called 'turning points' in this most excruciating of seasons and it would be foolhardy in the extreme to begin making rash predictions as to what the hard-fought but ultimately fully-deserved win over Tottenham might mean in the overall context of Liverpool's season.

SIGNED by Roy Evans following his role in the Czech Republic's run to the final of Euro 96, Patrik Berger spent seven years at Anfield, scoring 35 goals in 196 games, before finishing his career at Sparta Prague.

Following the news of his retirement from the game, here's a look at some of the fine strikes that characterised his spell at the club

LIVERPOOL boss Rafa Benitez has assured Reds fans that star striker Fernando Torres will not be sold to service the club's debts.

Benitez is quoted as saying, "It won't happen. I'd quit", when asked whether an offer of £100m or more would tempt the club's American owners to cash in.

As everyone knows, Liverpool FC have to find in the region of £30m a year to finance the interest payments owed on the loans taken out by the club's owners to fund their takeover nearly three years ago.