Liverpool line-up potential replacements for the struggling Mario Balotelli…
Liverpool have dropped Mario Balotelli for today’s game against West Brom, instead handing a first Premier League start to former Southampton forward Rickie Lambert.
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Manager Brendan Rodgers is already eyeing up potential targets for the January transfer window, who could all help bolster his ailing forward line. Here are the top five candidates:
5) Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion)
Liverpool could target West Brom’s starlet striker, who is likely to start against them today – you can read the full story here.
The 21-year-old Englishman is one of the hottest prospects in the Premier League, and is currently the top scoring home grown player in the division. The under-21 international has scored 14 Albion goals so far, five of which have come during the current campaign.