'Klopp should come and get me!'

Jack Ottman 7 years ago 3k
Akinfenwa has been in good form for Wycombe this season, with 4 goals in as many games. AFP

Wycombe striker and life-long Liverpool fan Adebayo Akinfenwa calls for the Reds boss to sign him up.

Akinfenwa, who has scored four goals in four games for League Two side Wycombe this season, believes Liverpool a one striker short of winning the lead, and is getting ready for a transfer call from Anfield.

Nicknamed 'The Beast', the strap striker has been impressed with Jurgen Klopp's side this season, but thinks they could benefit from a more imposing figure at the attacking end of the pitch.

"I think we're one striker away, I think we'll be immense for the first half of the season and blow up a bit in the second half but I think we'll challenge," Akinfenwa told Squawka.

"Next season, we will be contenders if we can get Virgil van Dijk and one striker. We're close."

Akinfenwa added: "Klopp should come and get me! I need pace around me and they have obscene pace up front with [Sadio] Mane, [Roberto] Firmino, [Mohamed] Salah. If you put me in there and get some crosses in the box I'd score goals.

"My manager [Gareth Ainsworth] knows I love Liverpool and if they ever came calling he'd have no problems with letting me go."

However, Wycombe do not seem so keen with the idea of letting the 35-year-old go, jokingly posting on their Twitter that "Klopp can do one!"

 

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