Liverpool have flown from Thailand to Singapore as they continued their Far East tour, amid speculation that Real Madrid had increased their bid for midfielder Alonso to £30million-plus.

Liverpool insist that no deal has been agreed, and boss Rafael Benitez maintained that the player - who was ruled out of Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Thailand with an ankle injury - is fit and available for the friendly with Singapore on Sunday.

But with Real stepping up their interest in Alonso - as well as full-back Alvaro Arbeloa - the summer long saga is coming to a conclusion.

Torres made his first appearance of pre-season for Liverpool as a late substitute in Bangkok, and insists that this could be the season that the title returns to Anfield.

He said at today's media conference at the team hotel in Singapore: "Two years without a trophy is a long time for a club like Liverpool, but we believe we can do it this year.

"It won't be easy because there are big challenges ahead but we think we can win.

"Maybe this season will be more important because we have a fantastic squad and we can play better than last season.

"I came to Liverpool to win trophies. But I am sure that this time we can win the Premier League or the Champions League or a big trophy like that."

But Benitez's build-up to the new campaign is not being helped by the constant speculation over Alonso, as well as Javier Mascherano.

There have been further claims that Mascherano wants to move to Spain, but Benitez brushed that aside by saying: "Things get said over and over again on websites and newspapers, but this is not a new comment."

On Alonso, as in Bangkok, Benitez said: "Alonso is here and as I said before, he will enjoy the weather and the fans and the journalists. He is ready and he can play (on Sunday)."

Liverpool have not won any of their three pre-season games so far, but Benitez said: "For us this trip is a very good experience. It is a good opportunity for us to come out here to Singapore and Bangkok and to play in front of our fans.

"We try to approach it in positive way, train properly and make sure that everybody will be happy at the end of it."

But Benitez will not be happy to discover that Madrid have again been openly talking about his players, amid suggestions that Arbeloa - with one year left on his contract - could also be on his way to the Bernabeu.

Madrid's sport director Miguel Pardeza said today: "With Arbeloa there was an option which, at the moment, has come to nothing.

"Liverpool haven't had much intention of letting him go, even though he has one year left on his contract, and we are still in this situation.

"There is more than a month of the transfer market left and this could change. I'm not going to deny that we'd like to have Arbeloa."

On Alonso's future, Pardeza said: "From day one, Liverpool have asked for more than Madrid are ready to pay and it's very difficult to understand. But I've not lost hope that things can be resolved."

And there could also be movement on Andrea Dossena's possible departure soon, with the full-back believed to want to return to Italy, where Napoli are interested.

The club president Aurelio De Laurentiis said: We are talking to Liverpool about Dossena."

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel and midfielder Nabil El Zhar, who picked up hamstring and knee injuries against Thailand, are returning to England for scans and further assessment.