Ranking the six Premier League attackers Liverpool are ‘eyeing’ for the summer

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Signing an elite attacker to replace Mohamed Salah is Liverpool’s biggest job of the summer.As the window approaches, The Athletic have broken down Liverpool’s efforts to sign a forward, with six Premier League options listed as players the Reds are eyeing.Yankuba Minteh, Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen, Rayan, Crysencio Summerville and Anthony Gordon are all very different profiles. In terms of reliability, he is probably one of the safer options on the list.But he is also the oldest player here.

Liverpool are trying to replace an all-time great in Salah, and Bowen does not feel like the kind of high-potential, long-term signing they usually chase.He would improve the squad, but not enough to justify making him the main attacking move of the summer.4. That makes him one of the more obvious aesthetic fits as Liverpool look for someone who can eventually take on (some of) Salah’s responsibility.Bournemouth would not be easy sellers especially after such a strong season, but this is exactly the kind of move Liverpool should be looking at.

Yankuba Minteh, Brighton, 21, right wingerPhoto by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesMinteh should be top of Liverpool’s list.Still only 21, he is already one of the most explosive wingers in the league. Liverpool would be buying a player they can shape, not one already set in his ways.Physically, he looks like the most natural long-term Salah replacement here.