Liverpool are plotting a January move for Celtic striker Gary Hooper. The Daily Mail says scouting delegation from Anfield watched Essex-born Hooper, 24, play for Celtic during Tuesday night's Champions League game in Barcelona, when the Glasgow club slipped to an agonising 2-1 defeat in injury time.

Rodgers is desperate to increase his forward options, as Fabio Borini's fractured right foot and Andy Carroll's loan move to West Ham have left Luis Suarez as the club's only senior striker.