January Transfers - Time for Liverpool FC To Show Ambition

With the Winter Transfer Window just weeks away, Liverpool FC need to aim to sign the next Torres or Suarez, Ai??and stay clear of another Aspas or Borini.

Brendan Rodgers has had three very contrasting transfer windows in his time as the Liverpool FC manager. The first one was clearly a flop with no one yet making a considerable mark for themselves. The highly rated Joe Allen and Fabio Borini both failed to show any positive signs. This was the same window where Liverpoolai??i??s public pursuit of Clint Dempsey was eventually met with the American snubbing the Reds for Andre Villas-Boasai??i?? Tottenham Hotspur.

The second transfer window was a very positive one, where Rodgers got two players who completely turned Liverpoolai??i??s under par season around. The club couldnai??i??t have asked for better signings than Daniel Sturridge and Phillipe Coutinho. Liverpool finally had a playmaker, a classic No 10, the player who could make the ai???Zola zoneai??i?? his own; and Liverpool finally had that player who was a poacher in every sense.

Simon Mignolet - Liverpool and Belgium goalkeeper | Winter Transfer Window: Time For Liverpool FC To Show They're Back — Mignolet (above) has been the pick of summer signings for Liverpool

The third transfer window, this seasonai??i??s summer one has been decent one. The addition of Simon Mignolet to the Liverpool ranks could be regarded as one of the finest signings of the summer, not only for Liverpool but in the country. The Belgium has shown why Rodgers was clever in shipping off fan favourite Pepe Reina to Napoli. While the Spaniard was getting back to form towards the end of last season, he was still not performing like his old self, and Liverpool fans and management both knew perfectly well that the need had come for someone else to fill Reinaai??i??s boots.

The addition of Kolo Toure for free was also a good one. Toure adds a wealth of experience in the Liverpool side and a similar transfer was required after Carragherai??i??s retirement. Luis Albertoai??i??s addition can only be analysed once he has played enough in the first team, however the signs are promising from whatever little we have seen him. Madamou Sakho was the marquee signing of the summer and his role is tough to analyse with Rodgers continuously shuffling his back line. However, Sakho is a top player and Liverpool supporters have seen his influence of late, and this will only increase in the future. Iago Aspas is the player whose absence from this list would probably have gone unnoticed, so little his impact has been. After a good preseason and a good enough first match against Stoke where he even managed an assist, the Spaniard had looked completely jaded. Understandably, the ex Celta de Vigo player didnai??i??t have a large part to play henceforth. However with injury to Sturridge, the 26 year old may still have a part to play in this campaign and with ample game time, he might show Liverpool fans how he saved his old club from relegation last season.

Injuries have made the winter transfer window important

Letai??i??s not be deceived by Liverpoolai??i??s position in the league.Ai?? While the club sits pretty in second spot, this is not a position which the club will maintain week in week out, with two of the most important players out with injuries for about a month. So far, Suarez has done the job in the absence of Sturridge, and the Uruguayan is capable of being the sole striker for the club, something he is now accustomed to (read: Andy Carroll). But the centre of the field is going to miss its captain terribly. Gerrard has been imperative in all of Liverpoolai??i??s matches so far. The 33 year old has the most assists in the League alongside Mesut Ozil. This speaks volumes of the player who had been written off by a large section of the media. The centre of the pitch will most likely now be shuffled alongside Allen, Lucas and Jordan Henderson. Henderson and Allen, both have immense work rates, but these players donai??i??t have that offensive spark. Theyai??i??re both solid, but not spectacular. Such a midfield is very still generally and barring a few moments here and there, these players have so far not really created an offensive threat (while Lucas of course, is not required to do so).

Juan Mata - Chelsea and Spain midfielder | Winter Transfer Window: Time For Liverpool FC To Show They're Back — Liverpool FC should try to attain the services of Chelsea’s Juan Mata (above)

Liverpool therefore need some reinforcements in the winter of players who can directly come in the starting 11 and here comes the main point of this article. The Liverpool manager should not bid for average players who may or may not live up to expectations of performing well. Most recent rumors suggesting Liverpool want PSVai??i??s Ola Toivonen on loan is the kind of business the Merseyside club do not want to do. Ai??The Northern Irishman needs to show intent in this market. He needs to show the world that Liverpool is back in contention, back to be counted amongst the best clubs and that Liverpool is not a thing of history anymore, it is one of present, and it most definitely is one of the future. Even a failed A?30 million bid for Chelseaai??i??s outcast Juan Mata or Atleticoai??i??s wonderboy Koke would suggest more meaning, intent and purpose from the Anfield outfit, than an acquisition of Toivonen. This is not to suggest that these players arenai??i??t skilled, cannot come out and do wonders, be the thing missing at Anfield. Just that the time has come for Liverpool to not feel intimidated aiming for proven stars and competing for signings with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.

Thus Brendan Rodgers, managing director Ian Ayre, chairman Tom Werner and owner John Henry all need to get into this transfer market with determination and purpose. The management needs to make sure the Reds donai??i??t rue their lack of depth in the squad with these injuries and make sure Liverpool is able to maintain the start theyai??i??ve had this season and carry it to the latter half with style.

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January Transfers – Time for Liverpool To Show Ambition

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