Liverpool star Fernando Torres issues owners with ultimatum: Buy big or we'll fail again!
After finishing second to Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United last season, Liverpool were expected to be serious title contenders this campaign.
But midway through the season, the Reds languish in seventh in the table, are out of the Champions League and were sent crashing out of the FA Cup by Championship strugglers Reading, at Anfield on Wednesday.
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And Torres has sent a chilling warning to co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, demanding that they back under-fire manager Rafa Benitez, or risk being cast further adrift.
The star-striker said: 'It's frustrating. We finished second last season. This season should have been a turning point for us - a chance to do something great.
'Manchester United sold Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Chelsea didn't sign anyone. But it hasn't been. It's now the owners' turn. They have to sign players so that this does not happen again.
'If we want to compete with United and Chelsea we need a much, much more complete squad. We need more genuinely first-class players and we can't let our best players leave.'
Benitez's side only real chance of silverware this season lies in the Europa League and Torres insists Liverpool must win it to salvage a dire season
The Spaniard, who added to Liverpool's woes, after it was revealed he faces six weeks on the sidelines with knee ligament damage, told Four-Four-Two magazine: 'We didn't want to win the Europa League at the start of the season but it's a reality now.
'Now we have to win it. Anything less than winning the tournament would be terrible. We need to improve, we need to take responsibility and we need to get into the top four and win something.
'We have virtually no chance of winning the title now. Now we need to make the best of this situation.'
Admir_Sa je napisao/la:Gledja ti ovog apsurda. Prije 2-3 godine proda se klub mocnijem investitoru, i sad kao nema para i sve pare sto dodju lafo vlasnici koriste u skroz neke svoje privatne svrhe

To su tako novinari predstavili,sto se mene tice,ja nikad u januaru nisam ocekivala da cemo puno torsit,ni ove,ni prosle ni pretprosle sezone,eto,obecali su da ce biti love za ljeta,a isto tako je i purslow sam potvrdio da se novac kluba ne koristi za privatne troskove amera,tako da..sve je to previse napuhano,ko zna sta se tu muti,da hoce otici i oni i benitez i ovi polovnjaci i da ih zamjene kvalitetni ljudi i da se konacno napravi jedan tim kako treba...
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Should Rafa Benitez be shown the door at Liverpool?.
No, who could replace him and do better? 30%
Yes, he's had plenty of time but the team's going nowhere 43%
Don't show him the door, just kick him out of it 26%