I didn't say Villa is not proven at the top level. I said that Torres is more proven at the top level, refer to my post again. By that i meant, that he has played in the CL and has proven himself there. Also he was last year one of the top 3 players in the world, Torres's season last year was better than any year Villa had.
Despite all that, i am not saying that Torres is better. I am just saying it's hard to choose between the two, and isn't as easy as most folk make it out to be. Villa is more fancy, don't make him better.
Well of course he is proven at the top level, he's playing in the Liga for fucks sake. I just think that he's made to look better than he is, due to the fact that the Liga is much more open than other leagues.
I wouldn't classify him as a top 10 striker.