FOOTBALL CLUB WORLD

I had planned to write a piece on the increased transfer activity from the past 48 hours which has seen two English youngsters on the verge of big money moves (Henderson to Liverpool, Jones to Man Utd) and a pile of rubbish about to be dumped on Sunderland (Gibson, Brown & O'Shea) but Jeremy and Neal had already covered the subject over on Fantasy EPL.

Instead I'll turn my attention to Liverpool's next move/s in the transfer market. Dalglish is aware he still has a number of areas of the squad to strengthen and it's clear the new owners mean business, so we can expect to see some more cash-splashing over the next 6 weeks.

Plenty are tipped for the exit to help free up funds and wages - Ngog (possibly as part of the Henderson deal), Aquilani (yeah he's still there), Kygriakos (younger model required), Joe Cole (90k per week yet not had a good game since WC2006), Konchesky, Poulsen & Jovanovic (not good enough) - but who will come in?

Yesterday I had a discussion with one of my best mates - a passionate & knowledgeable Liverpool fan - and he feels they still need...

Left Back
Centre Back
Right Winger
Left Winger
Striker

I suggested the following options...

Left back: Enrique
Centre back: Dann
Winger: Downing
Winger: N’Zogbia
Striker: Wickham

...which he said he'd be happy with.

None of them are world beaters but they should be available and (along with Henderson) they are all improvements on the players set to leave. With squad depth being added to by Dalglish's faith in youth (Spearing, Shelvey, Kelly, Flanagan etc) and the quality provided by Suarez, Gerrard, Carroll, Meireles, Carragher & Reina I believe Liverpool would be a vastly improved outfit and in good shape to challenge the Top 4 again next season.

Would you be happy with this Liverpool fans? If not, who would you like to see come to Anfield? Try to be realistic please!

Cheers,
AM