Liverpool great Steve Nicol admits he'd go for RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner over Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

Both players are being linked with the Reds for the summer market.

Nicol told ESPN: "If I had a wishlist, I'd wish to have Koulibaly alongside Van Dijk. But if you are saying I can only have one choice, I'm going to go with Timo Werner.

"I think the front three need a lot more rotation than the backline.

"The way Liverpool play, the way that front three presses when they play together, it is going to eventually catch up with them.

"They have been unbelievable for the last 18 months. But you cannot keep that up for six, seven years. You need a break.

"I think defensively Gomez has done enough to make [Jurgen] Klopp be comfortable. He is not Koulibaly, but he is not that far off.

"If it is a choice between the two, I'd going to edge it towards Timo Werner."