Fernando Torres tells Liverpool to raid Valencia for Villa, Silva and Mata

Fernando Torres has told Liverpool they need to sign a different type of player if they want to win the Premier League next season.

The Anfield superstar has even handed manager Rafa Benitez a shopping list!

Torres believes the Reds lost the title last season because of poor performances at home against lower-ranked teams who went to Anfield determined to play a spoiling game.

So "El Nino" has told Benitez if he can sign David Silva, Juan-Manuel Mata and David Villa he will be guaranteed the title next season.

Torres said: "The big thing is we must improve at home in the Premier League if we want to win the trophy next season.

"We lost a lot of points at home against teams mid-table and have to improve that because if we can get 10 more points at Anfield I think at the end of the season we can win the Premier League.

"It was frustrating at times last time but football is difficult against these kind of teams.

"We need players with quality to try to win these kind of games and I hope Liverpool will bring players like this."

Torres reckons he knows exactly what went wrong last season, when Liverpool led the table during the run-in but finished four points behind champions Manchester United.

He said: "Listen, English football is very difficult because it's very physical and played at a high tempo. At the minute we have a fantastic team to play against the big teams, we are competitive. But maybe against those kind of teams we are not good enough.

"We have good players, but maybe we need other players.

"I hope Liverpool will bring players like Silva, Mata or Villa. Small players with quality - like Manchester United had Tevez or Scholes, players like this.

"Maybe they can make the difference. It could be a big help for us. These are clever players. Yossi Benayoun plays like these kind of players and I hope we can bring more people like that, so we have different options to play against this kind of team."

Last season Liverpool drew at home to the likes of Stoke, Fulham, West Ham and Hull and dropped 14 points in all in front of the Kop.

Torres, who has been playing for Spain in the Confeder-ationCup in South Africa, admits it will be tough to sign all three of his key men, especially as Villa has already indicated he would rather stay in Spain.

But he won't shy away from letting boss Benitez know what he thinks about Valencia stars Mata and Silva.

He said: "I will recommend those players to Rafa Benitez.

"It's not my job to bring players in, but I hope Liverpool can get players like this because it would strengthen the squad.

"If we can get 20 fantastic players instead of 12 it's better.

"Of course I don't know if we have the money to buy them but I think we are on the way.

"We don't have the same money as Chelsea or Manchester United but we are ambitious."

Torres will play for Spain in today's third-place play-off against hosts South Africa in the Confederations Cup before taking a well-earned holiday tomorrow.

But he's promised Liverpool fans that not only will he be back at Anfield next season, he will also be better than ever.

He added: "I've one last game with Spain, but then I've almost a month's holiday. After that I'll be back fresh at Liverpool.

"I'll be ready. I won't be tired. I had injuries last season and we learned about that and we must do more work in the preseason now.

"I think I'll have 20 to 25 days resting and after that we have 25 more days until the start of the season. So we have time enough to prepare the season and I'm looking forward to it."

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