by azriahmad » Mon May 10, 2004 4:46 am
With Cisse in the team next season onwards, Liverpool will have one more forward/striker in the squad. Do we keep them all - Owen, Cisse, Baros, Heskey, Diouf (he was bought as a striker), Mellor et al - and be like Chelsea before Abrahamovic, saddled with too many non-performing players and saddled with a very high wage bill?
Heskey, Diouf, Smicer and some other players in various positions have been good in very rare instances and if Houllier has designated Cisse to be the one of the main strikers, then the squad size has to be trimmed and unloaded while they can still command some market value.
Personally, I think heskey should be off-loaded, regardless of his late season form, just as I think that Houllier should go, Champions' League qualification or otherwise.