Anfield legend Tommy Smith believes that Liverpool should consider looking at targets playing for Championship and League One clubs ahead of the January transfer window.
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Following Rafael Benitez's side's 2-0 defeat to Portsmouth, the ex-defender has tipped Leeds United hitman Jermaine Beckford as the perfect foil for striker Fernando Torres with the Yorkshire club's financial position seen as a key factor in snapping up the 26-year-old.
He said: "You've got Torres now arguing away at the referee because he's being kicked to death.
"There's a centre forward at Leeds called Beckford. He's big enough to take a little bit of chopping round and he looks like someone who could play up front with Torres.
"I think he's a half decent player and with Leeds looking for money he'd probably cost a million or two."
Cardiff City's Anthony Gerard, cousin of Reds skipper Steven, has also been suggested as good defensive addition following Sotirios Kyrgiakos' disappointing start to his Anfield career.
Smith said: "The other week I was watching Cardiff play and there's a centre half playing for them called Gerrard.
"He looked like a real decent player; no messing about. He had a little bit of Jamie Carragher in him because he was barking at his team mates.
"If he (Benitez) has got enough money to go out and maybe get someone to look at them and see if they can actually play at Liverpool because there's so many players at Anfield that shouldn't be there."
Smith, dubbed the Iron Man by the Kop during his days as a Liverpool player in the 1960s and 1970s, also questioned the decision by Benitez to spend £20 million on injury-prone Alberto Aquilani as a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Xabi Alonso in the summer.
He added: "He cost £20 million and doesn't play for the first six months. Where did that come from? He might as well have kept Alonso and continued arguing with him!"
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Following Rafael Benitez's side's 2-0 defeat to Portsmouth, the ex-defender has tipped Leeds United hitman Jermaine Beckford as the perfect foil for striker Fernando Torres with the Yorkshire club's financial position seen as a key factor in snapping up the 26-year-old.
He said: "You've got Torres now arguing away at the referee because he's being kicked to death.
"There's a centre forward at Leeds called Beckford. He's big enough to take a little bit of chopping round and he looks like someone who could play up front with Torres.
"I think he's a half decent player and with Leeds looking for money he'd probably cost a million or two."
Cardiff City's Anthony Gerard, cousin of Reds skipper Steven, has also been suggested as good defensive addition following Sotirios Kyrgiakos' disappointing start to his Anfield career.
Smith said: "The other week I was watching Cardiff play and there's a centre half playing for them called Gerrard.
"He looked like a real decent player; no messing about. He had a little bit of Jamie Carragher in him because he was barking at his team mates.
"If he (Benitez) has got enough money to go out and maybe get someone to look at them and see if they can actually play at Liverpool because there's so many players at Anfield that shouldn't be there."
Smith, dubbed the Iron Man by the Kop during his days as a Liverpool player in the 1960s and 1970s, also questioned the decision by Benitez to spend £20 million on injury-prone Alberto Aquilani as a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Xabi Alonso in the summer.
He added: "He cost £20 million and doesn't play for the first six months. Where did that come from? He might as well have kept Alonso and continued arguing with him!"
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