5 Reasons Why Liverpool Must Sign Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette
27 goals last season? How can you say no?
It has become painfully obvious how big the gap is between Liverpool and finishing in that top four, and yet, all of the current top four have managed to bring in some decent transfers. Rule number one of the transfer market; always upgrade on what you have. Is Danny Ings going to push Liverpool into the Champions League? Probably not, but a player like Alexandre Lacazette certainly could.
Liverpool have been linked with the French International for a couple of months now but will probably need to unload two of their current forwards before buying again, having already brought in Danny Ings and Roberto Firmino, as well as Divock Origi returning from his loan spell at Lille, the Anfield side should probably get rid of some of the deadwood first.
A number of the current strikers failed to make an impact last season and as the Reds have already lost their top scorer from last year in Gerrard, it is easy to see why Liverpool have been eyeing the 24 year old. Questions have been asked of Balotelli, Borini and Lambert, but lets face it, none of them have been good enough have they?
WhatCultureSport looks at five reasons why Liverpool should sign the Lyon striker:
5. He's Better Than Balotelli
Super Mario played 16 times in the Premier League last year and managed only one solitary goal, in fact, that managed to work out at a goal every 940 minutes, Super indeed. Lacazette on the other hand, managed to score 27 goals in 33 appearances, finishing top scorer in Ligue 1. Ahead of players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani, despite Lyon finishing in second place and behind moneybags PSG.
Balotelli would need to be one of the players moved on should Liverpool make a move for Lacazette, but it is highly unlikely the Kop faithful would be sad to see him leave.