{"id":1932,"date":"2019-02-28T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/liverpool-will-find-it-hard-to-sign-a-top-class-striker-this-summer-owen\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:23:29","slug":"liverpool-will-find-it-hard-to-sign-a-top-class-striker-this-summer-owen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool will find it hard to sign a top-class striker this summer – Owen"},"content":{"rendered":"
The former Reds forward believes the form of Salah, Mane and Firmino will make Jurgen Klopp’s life difficult in the transfer market <\/div>\n
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Michael Owen believes the calibre of Liverpool\u2019s front three will make it difficult for the Reds to recruit a world-class forward this summer.<\/p>\n

The former Kop favourite is backing his old club to hold their nerve in the Premier League title race, and says the form of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane will be key if they are to hold off the challenge of Manchester City.<\/p>\n

That trio have managed 44 goals in all competitions this season, adding to the remarkable total of 91 from last term.<\/p>\n

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But, with Dominic Solanke having joined Bournemouth last month, with Daniel Sturridge out of contract at the end of the season and with Divock Origi likely to be sold too, there is a clear need for Jurgen Klopp to strengthen his forward options in the summer.<\/p>\n

Teenager Rhian Brewster is highly rated, but has missed more than a year due to a serious knee injury while Harry Wilson, impressive on loan at Derby this season, has had only one first-team appearance for the Reds.<\/p>\n

Owen, though, says it will be tough for Klopp to sign a genuine top-level striker, despite the obvious attraction of playing in a team such as Liverpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so much easier if you\u2019re a scout or you\u2019re in the recruitment department of any other club bar the top six,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, where do you go? How do you go and target someone, and they say \u2018am I going to start?\u2019 and you have to say \u2018no, Salah will start or Mane will start\u2019?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t go and get an absolute top player, unless they only have a couple of years left in their career. Or you go and buy the next young thing and maybe bleed him in for a year or so. To go and get someone in the guts of their career, at 24 or 25, that\u2019s so hard, and that\u2019s the only player that can really improve teams like this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s a dream for everyone [to sign world-class players] but it\u2019s so hard to improve your team if you are in the top six, unless you\u2019re not happy with one of your players and you look to replace them. But Liverpool have a great front three, and so if they\u2019re going to buy, it would more likely be one of the options I mentioned.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, though, Liverpool are thinking only about the present. They looked back to something like their best as they swept aside Bournemouth at Anfield on Saturday, with both Mane and Salah on target.<\/p>\n

Salah\u2019s goal was his 20th in all competitions this season, and Owen believes the Egyptian\u2019s versatility, playing either off the right flank or as a central striker, has been valuable to the Reds as they have challenged at the top of the table.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe switches, depending on what the manager wants,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter half a dozen games of the season, people were saying he\u2019s not the player he was, but when you looked at his stats, which I did because of the job I\u2019m in, they were all either the same or slightly better than last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suppose visually, the team weren\u2019t quite firing like they were, but again all the stats were saying they were performing well. It was only our impression, and the fact that maybe we weren\u2019t blown away by the performances quite as often.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, as long as he\u2019s scoring goals, making assists and playing well, you can\u2019t complain. He\u2019s top scorer in the league,\u00a0isn\u2019t he? And player of the month? Can\u2019t be bad!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Owen will, of course, follow the conclusion to the season in his role as an analyst for BT Sport. And, while City have taken top spot with a trio of impressive victories over the past 10 days, the former England striker still has faith in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen in the last month or two that there can be massive swings,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as it stands I\u2019d prefer to be where Liverpool are than City. Everyone makes City favourites, but I\u2019m not so sure about that, and obviously Tottenham are still there too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been brilliant. Last season was a bit boring because it was done so early, but this season it\u2019s exciting, and even more so for me because Liverpool are right in there playing a huge part.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday 23rd\u00a0March 2019 the LFC Foundation will welcome AC Milan\u2019s legends team, Milan Glorie, to Anfield for the third official LFC Foundation Legends game.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The former Reds forward believes the form of Salah, Mane and Firmino will make Jurgen Klopp’s life difficult in the transfer market Michael Owen believes the calibre of Liverpool\u2019s front three will make it difficult for the Reds to recruit a world-class forward this summer. The former Kop favourite is backing his old club to … <\/p>\n

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