Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has questioned their move for AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli.
A deal between the two clubs is expected to be struck later today.
"They definitely need a striker, there's no doubt about that," Carragher said. "At the moment they only have Daniel Sturridge and Rickie Lambert - it looks like Fabio Borini is going to move on - and you need strikers.
"Would he be the final piece of the jigsaw? Would he make the starting XI if everyone was fit and firing? Who knows?
"At the moment Daniel Sturridge has got 36 goals in 50 games for Liverpool and at this moment he is the main man up front.
"Would Brendan then accommodate another striker, whoever that may be, like he did with Luis Suarez?
"He has lots of options now, Brendan Rodgers, and I don't think he will play the same team too often so they do need those options."
