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Roy Hodgson has made no secret of his desire to sign another striker before the transfer window shuts, but who do you think Liverpool should go for?

Roy Hodgson has confirmed his interest in Paul Konchesky from former club Fulham, and hopes a deal will be concluded before the transfer window closes.

Raul Meireles has expressed his delight at signing for Liverpool after Roy Hodgson wrapped up a deal for the Portuguese international.

Liverpool have signed Raul Meireles on a 4 year contract from Porto, paying 14 Million Euros for his services.

Javier Mascherano has completed his move to Barcelona after Liverpool agreed a fee with the Catalan side.

Roy Hodgson has given Liverpool fans an update about Javier Mascherano’s future after he was missing from the squad to face Man City this evening.

The Reds, as we all know have not been backed by a billionaire owner who can afford many mistakes done in the transfer market. Signing players properly is of top priority when you’re in financial turmoil. Recently, before the resignation of Rafael Benitez, we saw him take a lot of criticism for failed transfers. When you see the money spent by Liverpool on bad deals, you will realize that mHere, we list the best and the worst of Liverpool signings.

Worst signings, starting with this, mainly because we have had more bad signings than good ones recently.

Robbie Keane was one of the worst signings of Rafa

1. Robbie Keane – 20.3m

2. Alberto Aquilani(up until now) – 18m

3. Ryan Babel(super sub goals ain’t good enough) – 11.5m

4. Albert Riera – 8m

5. Andrey Voronin – 1.8m

6. Andrea Dossena – 7m

7. Phillip Degen – free

8. Jermaine Pennant – 6.7m

9. Fernando Morientes – 6.3m

10. Craig Bellamy – 6m

11. Mark González – 4.5m

12. Antonio Nunez, part of the deal which say Michael Owen leave to Real Madrid.

13. Gabriel Paletta £2m

14. Josemi 2m swapped by Jan Kromkamp who was also unsuccessful.

Best signings – this list will be well known to you, and if you are a Reds fan, you would have been a fan of each of these players at some point.

Fernando Torres has scored 56 goals for Liverpool in 80 games and has a great scoring record at home

1. Fernando Torres – 20m

2. Xabi Alonso – 10.5m

3. Pepe Reina – 6m

4. Dirk Kuyt – around 9m

5. Javier Mascherano – 18.5m

6. Glen Johnson – 17m

7. Yossi Benayoun – 5m

8. Martin Skrtel – 7m

9. Alvero Arbeloa – 3m

10. David Ngog – 1.5m

11. Maxi Rodriguez – free

12. Milan Jovanovic – free

All the prices mentioned above are in pounds.

In Benitez’s era at Liverpool, we saw him spend more money on the wrong players instead of the right ones. Selling these players have resulted in a commendable loss. However, there are several good signings, even if a few of them were overpriced, made his time really good and a successful period for Liverpool. However, if he had spent more wisely, we would have made more progress than what we did. Lets hope it gets better now. In Roy We Trust.

Ramesh Ganapathy – You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Liverpool have confirmed the signing of 30 year Danish Midfielder Christian Poulsen from Juventus.

Fabio Aurelio has rejoined Liverpool after his release from the club in May.

With Emiliano Insua on his way to Fiorentina & Fabio Aurelio being released, Liverpool are still in search of a left back for the new season. Luke Young turned down a move to Anfield, saying he didn’t want to move his family, so who else do you think Liverpool should be in for?