Liverpool is looking to Sevilla's Diego Perotti to be the final piece of the jigsaw after a year of investing in the squad.
Wingers are suddenly all the rage at Anfield as Kenny Dalglish seeks to supply as much ammunition as possible to striker Andy Carroll. The £35m man has devastating aerial ability, a trait that manager Kenny Dalglish is keen to exploit as much as possible as the Reds aim to return to the top four of the Premier League and perhaps even the summit itself.
Stewart Downing has already been recruited to provide service from the left flank and while Jordan Henderson - a £20m recruit from Sunderland - was often deployed wide on the right during his days at the Stadium of Light, he is expected to continue his development in the centre of midfield. To ensure the first team has the requisite balance, Liverpool is ready to resurrect their interest in Perotti.
The club enquired about the 22-year-old in the January transfer window but failed to follow it up with a firm offer due to the elongated negotiations with Ajax over the transfer of Luis Suarez. Now they will return to Sevilla with an offer of £9m though with Diego Capel having departed the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan already this summer, the Andalusian club will demand at least £5m more.
Perotti has only been capped once by his native Argentina but his dual Spanish nationality means that there will be no need for Liverpool to obtain a work permit should they persuade his employers into selling.
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