Liverpool Target £50m Trio as Brendan Rodgers Draws Up Summer Wish-List

Anfield boss ready to spend big after signing new long term contract.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to spend big as he pursues a host of top targets this summer with the Daily Mail outlining three leading talents he hopes to bring to Anfield.

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The Northern Irishman has signed a new long term contract, just reward for an excellent season, and no doubt demanded a healthy transfer war-chest to help invest in his Liverpool squad.

Top of his shopping list is certainly £30m rated Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana who could now find himself strongly linked with a move to follow his former Saints boss to Tottenham.

Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to join the north London club and is sure to be looking to bring in a player or two from the south-coast club and Liverpool have certainly lost out to the White Hart Lane side in the past when it comes to transfer dealings so will look to seal a deal for England international Lallana as soon as possible.

The attacking midfielder may well be seen as a long term replacement for Steven Gerrard and the 25 year old more than proved himself capable of making a big impact in the top tier last term and is sure to figure prominently at the World Cup finals this summer.

Brendan Rodgers is looking to bring in further attacking additions this summer and has earmarked a move for Bayern Munich youngster Xherdan Shaqiri.

The £10m rated Swiss international has failed to secure a regular berth in Pep Guardiola’s Allianz Arena set-up and may feel the time is right for a new challenge.

Rodgers could look to the flying wide-man to act as a third prong in an attack that would see the 22 year old line-up alongside Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez.

Shaqiri started just ten Bundesliga fixtures last term, which was actually less than his first season at the Bavarian outfit.

Brendan Rodgers will also look to bring in highly rated German Under 21 international midfielder Emre Can.

The talented youngster is considered one of the hottest prospects in European football and a move by Brendan Rodgers for the Frankfurt born starlet certainly adheres to the Anfield boss’s youthful transfer policy.

£10m rated Can moved to Bayer Leverkusen from Bayern Munich last summer and has proven a big hit this term, making 39 appearances in all competitions and helping his side to secure that all important Champions League berth for next term.

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