Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is anxious for new owners to take over at Anfield so the club can compete again with Chelsea and Manchester United.
The Spaniard said new financial backers would help restore the rudderless club to its halcyon days of the 1980s, and claimed Liverpool could not compete with other English Premier League heavyweights.
"Hopefully we can find a consortium that buys the club and can make Liverpool able to fight financially with Chelsea and United," Torres told Spanish radio station Cadena Cope.
"It is fundamental new owners arrive that can make us a competitive side."
Torres, however, believes the club has done well to keep the bulk of its squad and maintains they are not too far behind their rivals.
"We're not that far behind. We had an appalling season last time around, but the year before we were just four points from Manchester United."
"Then let's see what we're capable of doing this season. Liverpool kept Steven Gerrard which is fundamental. It's still a great team."
"It's a delicate situation because we are not in the Champions League, but it is still the biggest club in England and to play at Anfield every week is a privilege."
The debt-laden club's owners, American duo George Gillett and Tom Hicks, put the club up for sale four months ago, but have so far been unsuccessful in securing a buyer.
The man thought of as most likely to take over the club, Hong Kong businessman Kenny Huang, last month withdrew from the running.