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| Roberto Firmino |
Firmino has scored 47
goals in 151 appearances during his four and a half years in Germany and has
scored four times in nine international caps, including Sunday's Copa America
winner against Venezuela
Firmino
is Liverpool's fifth signing in a busy start to the transfer window, with more
expected to follow as strikers Carlos Bacca and Salomon Rondon are understood
to be targets.
Manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to bring in another forward
despite the arrival of England Under-21 international Danny Ings from Burnley,
and the £32.5 million release clause of Aston Villa's Christian Benteke is
considered too high.
Therefore
he has turned his attention to Bacca, the 28-year-old Colombian who scored 28
goals for Sevilla in Spain's Primera Division last season, and Rondon, a
Venezuela international who has 20 goals in 39 matches for Zenit St Petersburg.
The
pair are in Copa America action along with Firmino and the club feel they
represent better value for money than Benteke, with reported fees of £20 million
and £15 million respectively.
Liverpool have already recruited Ings, Manchester City
midfielder James Milner, Charlton defender Joe Gomez and Bolton goalkeeper Adam
Bogdan as well as giving a new long-term contract to Wales Under-21 goalkeeper
Danny Ward.
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