Liverpool: 5 Players They Must Sign To Catch Man City

4. Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan)

To many, Liverpool currently have the best centre-half in world football. That player, of course, being Virgil van Dijk.

The issue for Liverpool, though, is who to play alongside Big Bad Virg.

Joe Gomez had a fantastic start to 2018/19 alongside van Dijk, but there seems to be constant doubts over the former Charlton player's fitness. Then there's Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren, both who are okay as back-up options, but who you'd both ideally not want in your starting XI if you're looking to seriously compete at the top of the table. Other than that, the Reds' have new signing Sepp van den Berg - although the 17-year-old is clearly more viewed for the future than for instant first team action.

It may take a hefty wedge of cash to do so, but Liverpool should explore the possibility of bringing in a no-nonsense brute like Inter Milan's Milan Skriniar to play alongside van Dijk.

For decades, football fans have seen legendary centre-back pairings who were polar opposites but who complimented each other permanently. And if Liverpool are looking to make big-name, tentpole signings as they look to chase Man City, signing somebody such as the in-demand Skriniar would for sure be a statement of intent by the Kopites.

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