Martin Keown and Robbie Fowler are also undergoing treatment for foot and hip problems.
He shared the Reds captaincy with Robbie Fowler in 2000-01 while Jamie Redknapp recovered from a long-term injury.
Perhaps England's most natural finisher, if Robbie Fowler was 100 per cent fit there would be no question-marks over his place in Kevin Keegan's squad.
Rafa Benitez, Roy Keane, Robbie Fowler, Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson were also at the service, along with former Everton managers Joe Royle and Howard Kendall.
In the 1995-96 season, seven English center-forwards Alan Shearer, Robbie Fowler, Les Ferdinand, Teddy Sheringham, Ian Wright, Stan Collymore and Andy Cole scored a total of 140 top-flight goals.
Jones will have his fingers crossed that his striking options are not limited any further, as Warren Feeney is cup-tied and Robbie Fowler remains on the long-term injury list.
Last season they had Craig Bellamy, Dirk Kuyt, Peter Crouch and Robbie Fowler - all good players but never likely to get you 20 goals in the Premier League.
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The loss of the England man, who was replaced by Steve Staunton, left Liverpool with no forwards, following Berger's withdrawal and long-term injuries to Robbie Fowler and Titi Camara.
Bellamy would be arguably Cardiff's highest-profile signing ever, but Jones did attract former Premier League superstars Robbie Fowler and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to the Welsh capital a few seasons ago.
Sol Campbell (gashed shin) and Martin Keown (foot) should be fit to face Korea, but McClaren but believes striker Robbie Fowler "may not be quite there" because of a hip problem.
Without the injured Roque Santa Cruz, Blackburn boss Paul Ince handed Robbie Fowler his first Premier League start of the season and the former Liverpool striker was keen to get on the ball early on, linking up well with Roberts and Villenueva.
Torres has been touted as the final missing piece in the Anfield jigsaw, the striker who can provide the sort of golden goal touch Liverpool have lacked since the heady days of Kenny Dalglish, Ian Rush or Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen in more recent times.
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