I'm not saying you won't buy a few players(i don't see you guys being over active though), i just don't see CF being the area that you'll buy in.
I guess a lot will come down to what happens with Sterling and how much faith your club has in Rodgers.
On the contrary, it's the 1 area of the field that we absolutely will be active in. There are numerous quotes from Rodgers over the last few months indicating his desire to "add goals" to the side and that this is a position he'd be looking to strengthen this summer.
Hard to disagree with chef's point -to have five strikers on the books (with two on big wages), why would Liverpool bring in more/someone else on large wages?
Unless Lambert is sold and Origi is sent out on loan again, but even then, it would make the signing of Ings a bit silly if a bigger name was brought in. Thus leaving Balotelli earning a bucketload and not playing.
Borini will be sold, it looks as though he's off to Lazio. Ings takes his spot and will probably play cup games.
Balotelli won't play regardless of whether we sign a new striker or not, that much is clear. Even as it stands, Sturridge missed nearly the entire season and we barely used Mario (1500 minutes or the equivalent of 16/56 full games in all comps for the entire season, most of them coming in August-October), while in the 2nd half of the season he was behind Lambert and midfielders Sterling, Lallana & Coutinho in the pecking order for the #9 role. It's pretty clear what the club's position is on him.
Tony Barrett, Times: "Liverpool are determined to offload Mario Balotelli this summer despite claims by his agent, Mino Raiola"
James Pearce, Echo: "Balotelli missed a ridiculous amount of training sessions & repeatedly tested Rodgers' patience with his lack of application. I would be absolutely amazed if he was still a Liverpool player on the first day of next season. You only have to look at how fleetingly he was used last season to see where he stands."
No-one wins if he stays at Anfield - least of all the player himself. He knows that his chances of playing in a European Championship with Italy next summer are next to nil if he stays with Liverpool next season. He's already out of the national side, and despite posturing in the media from he and his agent that he's going to stay at Liverpool & fight for his place, there's absolutely no chance that he will risk that.
It might mean that he goes on loan initially or that we take a hit on his transfer fee (though an offer of £10m would allow us to break even on his amortized fee for accounting purposes). Inevitably Mario will accept a move not because we have any power to force him out, but because it's in his best interests to do so, plain & simple.
That leaves us with Sturridge (top class but pre-emptively pencilled in as injured), Ings & Lambert. I see no reason why we would be persistently linked by reputable sources to every striker under the sun if we weren't intent on adding to that.