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Liverpool must sign at least four players… Chelsea should serve as inspiration - Merson
LIVERPOOL need to make at least four new signings in the summer.
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Those are the thoughts of Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson.
After a terrific first half of the campaign, Liverpool's fortunes have taken a turn for the worse.
Since the turn of the year, they have won just twice in the Premier League and they are clinging on to a top four spot.
Jurgen Klopp is expected to invest heavily in his squad to transform them into title contenders next season.
Jurgen Klopp is expected to be active in the summer window
Paul Merson thinks Liverpool need at least four new players in the summer
It will be very difficult to do it in one summer
And Merson thinks the Reds only need to look at Chelsea and Manchester United in years gone by to see what is required to become champions.
"Liverpool need to buy four or five new players," Merson told Sky Sports.
"They need a full-back, they need a centre half, they need a central-midfield player and they need a centre-forward and potentially a goalkeeper.
"They need to buy a new spine of the team and that's hard to get. It usually takes years to build a solid spine to any team.
"It will be very difficult to do it in one summer.
"If you look at Chelsea's spine they've got a world-class goalkeeper, they've got very good defenders, N'Golo Kante in midfield, they've got Eden Hazard and then they've got Diego Costa straight through the middle.
"When Manchester United won the title, they had Peter Schmeichel in goal, Steve Bruce at the back, Roy Keane in the middle and so on. Arsenal had it with a good goalkeeper, Tony Adams or Sol Campbell, Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry straight down the middle."
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