My 5 Most Wanted Liverpool Summer Transfers

Everyone can now agree that Liverpool will be playing in the Champions League next season. This means two main things in terms of transfers: Liverpool need a stronger and deeper squad and now they can attract better players to play for them. Here is my top 5 players I would like to see playing for Liverpool next season and their back-ups.

5. Ashley Cole or Bacary Sagna

-Liverpool's defense is the area that needs the most improvement over the summer and an injection of experience will help greatly. I picked Cole first because left back is the area that needs the most help and Cole will serve the Kolo Toure role for the left back position. Either can serve not as a starter week in, week out, but can help cover them.

4. Yevhen Konoplyanka or Jay Rodriguez

-Liverpool came very close to signing for Liverpool in January and his club have said that he will probably make the move in the summer. The Ukranian would provide some great pace and experience to the front line of the attack. Sterling is great, but at 19 years old it is a bit much to ask him to start all the time. I am a big Rodriguez fan, he is a great finisher and I think he would fit in well to the trident attack that Liverpool play with. Though I am a little hesitant that either of them can make enough of a difference at a big club like Liverpool, especially Rodriguez, but I would like to see one of them given a chance.

3. Adam Lallana or Mateo Kovacic

-I have included another Southampton player, and he will not be the last on this list. Lallana is in my opinion the best player on their team. The way he plays is just so smooth, simple and creative. Coutinho is not quite doing enough for Liverpool, especially in scoring goals, which Lallana is doing very well in again this season. His backup is Kovacic, a young attacking midfielder at Inter Milan who is making a big impression this season. He is reportedly not happy in Italy and may be making a move to a bigger club this summer. In terms of entertainment I think Lallana is player I want the most to leave for Liverpool.

2. Mateo Musacchio or Stephen Caulker

-Liverpool's center backs have been the most inconsistent players for Liverpool this season and I believe that there needs some change in this area. I don't know very much about Musacchio but I have been hearing a lot of great things about him. He is young and a great passer for a center back. His contract expires in the summer and a lot of clubs will be lining up for his signature. Caulker is a great center back as well, at a terrible team with Cardiff and will probably be sold when his team are relegated to the Championship.

1. Luke Shaw or Alberto Moreno

-Shaw is almost undoubtedly moving to a big English club at the end of the season with Chelsea leading the charge and Man U also trying. Moreno might be a more realistic, but might be as equally good as Shaw as well. Either way I think a new, young left back is the most important position to strengthen in the summer. Good left backs are hard to come by and Liverpool need to fork over some serious cash and get one of these guys.