Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres has told BBC Sport that he would he pay money to play with former Liverpool teammate Steven Gerrard again.
The pair enjoyed a special relationship on and off the pitch during Torres' three-and-a-half seasons at Anfield.
While Gerrard stayed at Liverpool for nearly all of his career, Torres, who moved to the Merseyside club in 2007, completed a controversial £50 million switch to Chelsea in January 2011.
"He is everything I need on the pitch in one player," Torres said of the 36-year-old. "I was a big fan of Stevie before I was a Liverpool player, everybody is.
"But playing with him was much better than what I was expecting. It was amazing, he is by far the best player I have played with. I would pay to play with him again."
Gerrard called an end to his glittering 19-year playing career in November following a spell with LA Galaxy, winning almost everything there is to win as a player while at Liverpool.
However, Torres considers the fact Gerrard does not have a Premier League winners' medal to be a source of regret, despite him coming close in the 2008-09 and 2013-14 seasons.
"I felt so sorry for Stevie because we didn't have [many] chances to win the Premier League, and Liverpool was so close [in 2014] after so many years," Torres said.
"It was really unfair on Stevie because he is the person who deserves to win the Premier League and you know in one second [with the slip against Chelsea], everything has changed."
Gerrard rejoined Liverpool as an academy coach in a floating role for various age groups at the beginning of the year and is reportedly set to take charge of the under-18s next season.