Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore thinks Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne would turn the Reds into a 'truly great side'.
The 29-year-old midfielder had an outstanding season for the Carabao Cup winners who lost their Premier League crown after finishing 18 points behind Jurgen Klopp 's champions.
De Bruyne was voted the Premier League Player of the Season after scoring 13 goals and registering 20 assists in 35 matches.
But his campaign finished in disappointment when City were beaten 3-1 by French side Lyon is the Champions League quarter-finals last week.
Collymore, who scored 35 goals in 81 appearances for Liverpool between 1995 and 1997, thinks De Bruyne - reportedly a boyhood Reds fan - should seek a new challenge with City still never having even reached a Champions League final.
And he even makes the outlandish suggestion the Belgian should join the Reds - with Anfield the ideal destination for a player 'at the height of his powers'.
"Kevin De Bruyne fully deserves to have been named PFA Player of the Year – he has been Mr Consistency at such a high level", he write in the Mirror.
"But that makes me wonder: Isn’t it time he tested himself at Real Madrid, a rejuvenated Barcelona or – here’s one to put the cat among the pigeons – Liverpool?
"De Bruyne hasn’t yet played for a massive club because Chelsea and Manchester City come with B-grade expectations. At Wolfsburg, it’s a C and Belgium are more of a dark horse than front-runner.
"The only way he can really stamp his greatness on the game is by joining a club at which he’d have A* expectations and, at the height of his powers, there isn’t a better time for him to do that. De Bruyne would be the perfect fit for Liverpool.
"He could go in and run a midfield which already has all the attributes to get the best out of him. He could make them a truly great side, one which wins multiple Premier League and Champions League titles.
"I can hear City fans screaming: ‘Nonsense, Stan’. But it’s only nonsense if Liverpool don’t have the brass neck or finances to go for it.
"Having a nibble at De Bruyne ought to be a no-brainer for Liverpool because he would make a midfield that was excellent last season even better.
"Most Liverpool fans would tell you their midfield is 8/10 as things stand, compared to rearguard and forward lines that are 9/10. To go on and truly dominate at home and in Europe, Liverpool are going to need more goals and assists from midfield.
'And in De Bruyne they would have a player who is always going to find a forward with a pass and is always going to weigh in with goals and free-kicks, too."
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