Liverpool's pursuit of a new striker has prompted Brendan Rodgers to consider a short-term deal for Samuel Eto'o.
The 33-year-old Cameroon striker is a free agent after being released by Chelsea at the end of last season.
Ajax are in talks with the former Barcelona and Inter Milan
forward, but Rodgers has a pressing need for more firepower and there
have been discussions about the merits of a deal for the African.
Liverpool have more expensive and younger targets, but price,
availability - and in the case of the recent aborted deal for Loic
Remy, fitness - have scuppered Rodgers' plans to sign a direct
replacement for Luis Suarez.
Not everyone at Anfield will be convinced that recruiting
Eto'o at this stage of his career is the ideal solution, but in the
absence of obvious alternatives it may prove a necessity to ensure
Liverpool do not go into a new season with only Daniel Sturridge and
Rickie Lambert to choose from.
Eto'o spent last season at Stamford Bridge but it was not a happy reunion with his former Inter manager Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho made a reference to the African's age, and did not
hide his feelings throughout the season about what he felt was a poor
return from all his strikers.
Eto'o scored nine times at Stamford Bridge before being
released, although if Liverpool are to move they will have to do so
quickly with Ajax confirming advanced talks.
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