Liverpool are almost certain to sign a striker next summer as Arne Slot wants to add a reliable goalscorer to his squad at the end of the season.
Darwin Nunez has failed to impress the new Liverpool manager. No one is convinced that the Uruguayan can ever develop into the reliable number 9 that the Reds need him to be.
Diogo Jota has been preferred over Nunez but the Portuguese is not a natural central striker and is much more effective when played out wide.
Liverpool need a reliable number 9 next summer and the club have been tracking several strikers as they push to identify a top target for the next transfer window.
The Merseyside giants are looking at players such as Eintracht Frankfurt’s Omar Marmoush and even Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak has also emerged as a shock target for the club.
However, Viktor Gyokeres is a player who has caught the fancy of Liverpool fans with his remarkable goalscoring record this season at Sporting Lisbon.
Gyokeres advised to pick Anfield over other options
Gyokeres has scored an astonishing 23 goals in 18 appearances across all competitions and is the hottest striker in Europe at the moment.
He is almost certain to leave the Portuguese giants in the summer transfer window and Liverpool are amongst the clubs who are interested in signing the striker.
However, he has been linked with a move to Manchester United where new head coach Ruben Amorim wants to reunite with the Swede at Old Trafford.
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But CNN reporter Andre Pipa urged the forward to pick Liverpool over Manchester United given the state of the two clubs at this stage.
He conceded that joining Manchester United would be attractive for Gyokeres given his relationship with Amorim who turned him into one of the best strikers in Europe.
“They [United] have a coach who knows him, and I don’t know what Gyokeres idea is, whether he likes it or not, I personally prefer to see him in Liverpool”, Pipa told Maisfutebol.
“But if he has to go to United, I think it is a great contract for Amorim, because Amorim knows him, and the player knows the coach, and you know, there is a possibility, yes.”
