Jamie Carragher feels Liverpool need two or three "top-class additions" if they are to avoid another season battling for fourth.
Many had expected Liverpool to challenge for the title this season after finishing second last year, but they got off to a poor start with a defeat at Tottenham and have yet to get back to their best.
Rafael Benitez has had to contend with a limited transfer budget and, with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard both struggling with injury this season, Liverpool have not looked capable of matching the league's top sides, but Carragher feels the gap may not be as significant as it has appeared.
"I'm sure there will be changes in the summer, and the main thing for us is keeping the top players here," he told the News of the World. "There are times you feel you're a long way off, but it may only need some top-class additions for us to get back up there.
"I'd say we need two or three good buys and we wouldn't be as far away as many think. We just need beefing up. I know next year we don't want to be fighting for fourth again."
Many had expected Liverpool to challenge for the title this season after finishing second last year, but they got off to a poor start with a defeat at Tottenham and have yet to get back to their best.
Rafael Benitez has had to contend with a limited transfer budget and, with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard both struggling with injury this season, Liverpool have not looked capable of matching the league's top sides, but Carragher feels the gap may not be as significant as it has appeared.
"I'm sure there will be changes in the summer, and the main thing for us is keeping the top players here," he told the News of the World. "There are times you feel you're a long way off, but it may only need some top-class additions for us to get back up there.
"I'd say we need two or three good buys and we wouldn't be as far away as many think. We just need beefing up. I know next year we don't want to be fighting for fourth again."
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