Peter Crouch believes a marquee signing like Romelu Lukaku would boost Liverpool’s title bid this season.
The Reds signed Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig in a £36million deal earlier this summer but have so far not signed a big name.
Manchester United have splashed the cash to sign Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane while Manchester City paid £100m to land Jack Grealish. And ex-Liverpool striker Crouch has urged his old club to go out and do the same.
Using former Everton and Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku, who re-signed for Chelsea this summer, as an example, the pundit insisted a star buy would lift the club and increase the chance of silverware come May.
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Ahead of the Reds’ 2-0 victory over Burnley on Saturday, he told BT Sport: ''When a new signing walks through the door, when Lukaku. Sancho and Varane walk through the door (it lifts everyone). If they (Liverpool) signed Lukaku, you're talking about them being front runners for the title.
“They haven't signed anyone, they've got Konate but they haven't really gone out and got someone. This squad still has the quality to be title contenders.”
Virgil van Dijk has played both Premier League matches this season after being sidelined for much of the last campaign and Crouch compared the Dutchman’s impact since returning to that of a new signing and added: “When someone walks through the door, when Shevchenko and Ballack walk through the door, when Torres walks through the door, it lifts training.
“But with van Dijk, when the full-backs bomb forward, when the strikers bomb forward, when they look back and see him there it's a big lift to the whole team.”
However, while Liverpool have not unveiled a marquee signing this transfer window, they have tied down a number of key players to new contracts with Van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Trent Alexander-Arnold all committing their long-term futures to the club.
After a perfect start, with two wins from two games and no goals conceded, the Reds welcome Chelsea to Anfield next Saturday, while Lukaku scored within a quarter of an hour of his second Chelsea debut away to Arsenal this afternoon.
