Liverpool are still a fair bit behind the top clubs in the Premier League – former boss Roy Evans

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Ex-Liverpool boss Roy Evans has warned his former club that they still have a long way to go before winning back their place in the top four.

The Reds have spent big so far this summer in acquiring Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam, whilst Stewart Downing also looks set to join the club from Aston Villa after undergoing a medical.

Despite Liverpool’s resurgence in the second half of last season, Evans says the club are “still a fair bit being the top four or five clubs”.

He told talkSPORT: “When you’re at Liverpool, you always expect ­silverware. That’s the name of the game and that’s what comes with the job.

“But I don’t think it’s going to be quite as easy as ­everybody thinks.

“Kenny has done a fantastic job and took them to a reasonable place last season.

“But, in the last home game of the season against Tottenham you saw that we were short of a little bit of class against the better teams.

“It’s going to be tough. Everyone expects Kenny to turn it around quickly. But I think it’s going to take a little bit more time than the fans would like.

“We’re still a fair bit behind the top four or five clubs in the Premier League.”

Liverpool’s defence, where they are yet to make a new signing under Dalglish, is one area which Evans says needs improving.

“I do feel they’re going to need a little bit of cover in defence,” he continued.

“Daniel Agger is a great footballer, but obviously injury-prone, and Jamie Carragher is still the lynchpin.

“He gives so much ­information to the players around him and the two young lads, Martin Kelly and John Flanagan. Carragher helps them an awful lot and he’ll be the biggest loss when he goes.

“I do feel we need to find a centre-back, as we seem a bit short at the back, and that’s a worry.”

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