Thursday, December 17, 2009

Liverpool's Rafa Benitez Wants Real Madrid's Ruud Van Nistelrooy To Cover For Fernando Torres


As reported by Marca, Real Madrid striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy is on Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez's Christmas wishlist to serve as Fernando Torres' understudy.

Despite announcing his international retirement after the Euro 2008 tournament, the Dutchman would like to make the international team for next summer's World Cup, but in order to do so, he must find playing time; with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema and Raul ahead of him, he is unlikely to find such minutes at Real Madrid.

Van Nistelrooy is still coming to terms with football again after a serious knee injury that ended his season after little over a month of play last year. The Dutchman has spent much of this season on the sidelines with varying ailments, the most recent of which was tonsilitis.

At the moment, Real Madrid has not expressed interest in selling any one of their players, although that could change should an attractive offer be put on the table. Chelsea, Blacburn Rovers, Arsenal, and Liga side Zaragoza have all reportedly expressed interest in the Dutch striker.

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