The German international could be on his way to Merseyside in January as the English club look to solve their scoring problems.
Lukas Podolski’s future has been hanging in the balance for some time now as he has refused to sign a contract extension to his current deal with FC Koln. The player has been linked with a host of clubs across Europe which includes
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786.
The German international had admitted earlier this month that he could leave his boyhood club when his contract ends in 2013. He also revealed that he would not be joining a German club and that the preference would be a club outside
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
If recent reports are to be believed, the Merseyside giants have emerged as one of the top contenders to sign the striker from FC Koln. The English Premier League club have been short of goals this season and the likes of Luis
Suarez and Andy Carroll are finding it difficult to put the ball past the net.
Suarez’s eight-match ban for racially abusing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 is surely another problem and the club are out in the market to look for a replacement.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 desperately needs goals and the best possible buy would be Podolski,
who has been in staggering form this season.
“Goals have been a problem for Liverpool this season. As a result of that, I’d like to see Kenny Dalglish buy Lukas Podolski in January,” he stated.
Hopkinson further added that the German international has a great scoring record for the club and for the national side and his inclusion in the side could work wonders for the club.
“He’s got a proven record of scoring goals at international level, and Liverpool might just be able to sneak him. He’d fit in very well with their system,” he was quoted as saying.
Lukas Podolski has already scored an impressive 14 goals this season for FC Koln and is third only behind Mario Gomez and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 in the Bundesliga top scorers.
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