By John Edwards
PUBLISHED: 18:00 EST, 18 March 2013 | UPDATED: 18:00 EST, 18 March 2013
Liverpool have joined the chase for Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama.
Manager Brendan Rodgers has had the 21-year-old watched extensively and is ready to make a move in the summer window.
Rodgers has made strengthening his defence a priority and wants at least one more attacking player. Yet Kenya holding midfielder Wanyama fits the player profile desired by the club's owners and he can also provide cover at centre back, which is a bonus.
Targeted: Victor Wanyama has caught the eye of Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers
Wanyama has been watched by both Manchester clubs, Arsenal, Everton and Sunderland this season as he has proved one of the stars of Celtic's Champions League campaign.
He has one year left on his contract and Celtic would want around 10million.
Liverpool want four new players in the summer but are also likely to offload some of their big earners to help offset the cost and lower their wage bill.
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That's it, another midfielder. We can survive with 2 decent strikers.... That was sarcasm by the way
- get your fat balls out for the birds , England, 19/3/2013 05:10
crap journalism. no proof. they should fire you for this.
- derrick4real , Los Angeles, United States, 19/3/2013 04:52
Can't be any worse than Joe Allen
- Belfast Django , a Shankill Palace, 19/3/2013 04:35
Liverpool are £87m in debt and lost £40m last year so it's ludicrous that they should be able to buy any players. It's absurd that most of the English Premier League clubs float along using other people's money. - Eurodreamer, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2013-03-19 1:0 Get your facts straight those figures are from last year and includes getting rid of old managers and pay offs for players released. Hate when idiot come on talking rubbish about things they know nothing about. Next seasons figures will show a profit from lfc
- gee , Vancouver Canada, 19/3/2013 03:18
Will be more than 10m for Wanyama when he goes and his contract has 2 years to run. Maybe do proper research before writing nonsense lol.
- johnf2008 , Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 19/3/2013 01:49
Would be a quality signing if Rogers can bring him in, so much consistency and strength shown at Celtic this season and at 21 he has bags of potential. See more potential with him playing a CDM role though.
- Morph , The Mothership, United Kingdom, 19/3/2013 01:33
Liverpool are 87m in debt and lost 40m last year so it's ludicrous that they should be able to buy any players. It's absurd that most of the English Premier League clubs float along using other people's money.
- Eurodreamer , Glasgow, United Kingdom, 19/3/2013 01:01
As is always the case he will go to the highest bidder
- Duncan Mynutts , The truth, 19/3/2013 00:55
he wont joing liverpool if a prem side playing CL football comes in
- Jonnie , Midlands, 19/3/2013 00:22
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Liverpool will mess this guy up like they do every other defensive midfielder who steps foot in the club, might have a good system but implementing midfielders is defo a weakness, he'd be better off staying at Celtic, least hell avoid channel 5
- penny boy , on the farm, 19/3/2013 05:29
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