Liverpool Transfer News; who do we need?

Liverpool Transfer News; who do we need?

The January transfer window has opened and Liverpool are currently sitting 8^th  in the Barclays Premier League, but the worrying thing is we are not coping after Suarez’s departure in the summer. Being the 9^th richest club in the world, we have to start spending wisely and despite its importance we have to stop buying young players for a while!  I will be taking about who we actually need and who has to go.

Firstly, Liverpool’s defence is toothless therefore has cost us many games and to make matters worse we seem to have one of the worst keepers in the BPL! Before the season began we knew our defence was a problem but last season it was covered up by the amount of goals we scored. In the summer we signed, who we thought was to be  our “leader”, Dejan Lovren for an approximated £20,000,000. Since he arrived all he has done is cause even more catastrophes! But in fairness he not the only one to blame, our back 3 does not work at all with both Skrtel and Sakho always making errors, despite this I am most annoyed at letting Daniel Agger go who was probably our most senior and professional centre-back Liverpool had. Last year we managed to concede 50 goals but this year we are on course to let in 57 goals. Like most Liverpool fans I am hoping we buy a rock solid centre-back such as Mats Hummels but a cheaper option may be to buy Mauricio Isla who is currently at QPR. The biggest regret Rodgers has made has to be letting Reina go and allowing Brad Jones and Simon MIgnolet to stay! Rodgers should try to bring in Asmir Begovic as Mignolet has no competition.

Secondly, our attack is not good enough we are relying on Sterling who is 19 years old to play up front with very little experience compared to other strikers. But he is not the only culprit, our midfield does not score enough goals despite having superb players with great quality. Our top scorer is Steven Gerrard with only 9 goals compared to Aguero’s 14, we cannot rely on Gerrard all the time and especially because he is leaving at the end of the season. But the most worrying stat is that we have only had 32% of our shots on target but to make matter worse only 10% of those have actually gone in. Also, Fabio Borini has to go he is just not good enough for a club like Liverpool and he is just too far down the pecking order with the likes of Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling in the mix. But Borini is not the only one who has to prove himself, Ballotelli also has to do something there is no doubt he has quality but it is whether he uses it or not but being a Liverpool fan I will stick with him. With our current goal scoring situation we need o sign a striker who has proved himself in the Premier League such as Charlie Austin. Finally, this season has been a series of ups and downs for example Daniel Sturridge’s injuries to major cup success. We will not win the title but we are definitely in contention for a Champions league place as we are starting to gain some form.