Xabi Alonso hopes Fernando Torres will return to La Liga to ensure the best players play in Spain's top flight.

World-class players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, and Lionel Messi are plying their trade for Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively.

Alonso feels Torres should return to Spain where star players belong.

"La Liga deserves players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Lionel Messi," Alonso told Sport magazine. "Now we are only missing my good friend Fernando Torres.

"I hope to see him back in Spain one day, but I don't think he will come to Real Madrid. I think he has too big a heart for Atletico for that, sadly."

Alonso left Merseyside for Real Madrid in a £30million move this summer after telling Rafa Benitez that he wanted to join the Bernabeu revolution.