Liverpool has been told that the addition of a dependable striker would make them even stronger in the future. The Reds secured Premier League glory with a 5-1 victory over Spurs on Sunday, and with 80 goals from 34 games this season, they are the league’s top scorers by some distance.
However, only 11 of those goals have been scored by either Diogo Jota or Darwin Nunez, who are the two out-and-out strikers in Liverpool‘s squad.
Natural wide players Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz have contributed 49 of Liverpool’s league goals this term, prompting the club to consider signing a new striker this summer in order to ease the goal-scoring burden on that trio next term.
Former Rangers star Ally McCoist named Harry Kane as a possible option as the England captain closes in on a first major trophy of his career: the Bundesliga crown with Bayern Munich.
“I look at Liverpool just now and they probably – not as much as Arsenal – could still do with an out-and-out No.9,” McCoist said on talkSPORT. “Liverpool fans may be saying, ‘what a ridiculous thing to say, we’ve got goals all over the pitch’ and they have.
“(Luis) Diaz has been brilliant, Salah has been out of this world and they’ve got midfielders chipping in, but maybe still a goalscoring centre forward [would help].
“I don’t see it happening but say if Harry Kane won the Bundesliga, which he will do, and then fancied coming back to England – that would be a dream move for him.”
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Troy Deeney, meanwhile, said that Alexander Isak would be the ideal target after impressing for Newcastle over the last three seasons. Isak is unlikely to be attainable this summer due to the astronomical transfer fee that would be involved but Deeney thinks signing the Swede would guarantee more title success in the future.
“They’re linked with Isak as well. If they were to get that, just give them the title for the next five years if they get that fella,” Deeney said, before addressing other areas of the squad that he believes need strengthening
“I can see them looking at a left-back,” Deeney added. “Robertson has been fantastic but unfortunately, there comes a time when you get moved, it’s just part and parcel of football.
“Probably another centre half because if one of the guys goes down, they are light in that situation. And I still think they need an extra body in midfield. They haven’t been lucky but nobody in that midfield three has been injured for a sustained period of time and if that was to happen then they are a little bit light after that.’”
