TORRES IN LINE FOR DEBUT

Fernando Torres is expected to make his Liverpool debut tonight when Rafael Benítez's side face the German club Werder Bremen in Switzerland.

The club-record £26m signing has been receiving treatment for a slight ankle problem but Benítez is set to include him in the first of two friendly matches during Liverpool's week-long training camp.

"He had a problem with his ankle in the last two weeks he was playing with Atlético Madrid," said the manager. "But he's been training with the physio over the last two weeks and I think will be available to play in Switzerland."

Ryan Babel and Yossi Benayoun, who cost a combined fee of £16.5m from Ajax and West Ham United respectively, are also likely to make their first appearances during the trip, which concludes on Friday with a game against Auxerre.

Liverpool have announced a shake-up of their backroom staff, with Xavi Valero succeeding José Ochotorena as goalkeeping coach. Ochotorena has returned to Spain to work at Valencia. Valero began his professional career as a goalkeeper with Castellón in 1992 and played for a number of Spanish clubs before spending a short time at the end of his playing career with Wrexham, where he put into practice the English he had studied at university.