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Liverpool FC may have enjoyed a record-breaking pre-season in the transfer market after signing eight players to the tune of £100m - but there’s a feeling that Brendan Rodgers may only be getting warmed up.

The Reds boss is still in the market for a brand new striker to ease the burden on Daniel Sturridge .

Because there is still a Luis Suarez-shaped gaping hole waiting to be filled at Anfield.

The ECHO have taken a look at some of the strikers the Reds could target to replace the Uruguayan, from the marquee names to the stop-gaps and the ones for the future.

Here’s some of the names Liverpool could target to supplement their forward line before the transfer window slams shut.

Radamel Falcao

This is a man who needs no introduction.

The Colombian has simply scored a bagful of goals wherever he has gone and there have been rumours in recent weeks that he could move to Anfield on-loan after an unhappy spell at French Ligue 1 side Monaco.

But he wouldn’t come cheap, the man who has scored over 300 career goals would command huge wages and there is even talk of a £12m loan fee to take him to Anfield.

He doesn’t exactly fit into FSG’s transfer strategy but the Reds would be getting a proven goalscorer expected to go straight into the team and act as a replacement for Suarez.

Able to use both feet, Falcao isn’t the willing runner that Suarez often was, instead he is the type of player that comes alive in the penalty area and his finishing is among the very best in world football. Falcao is also excellent in the air, something that wouldn’t go amiss in the rough and tumble of the Premier League.

Falcao could flourish in a Liverpool team that is known for playing breathtaking attacking football and creating many chances. That doesn’t mean to say that he is incapable of creating chances alone. Falcao’s long distance shooting is superb and, whilst he isn’t known for his pace, he does have the skill and technique to run at defenders.

Ability: 9/10

Cost: 10/10

Suitability: 8/10

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Edinson Cavani

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What better way to replace Luis Suarez than sign Uruguay his partner-in-crime Cavani?

The former Napoli man was long-rumoured to be interesting Liverpool during Suarez’s years with the club, but those rumours have only intensified after Suarez’s departure.

He's another player thought to be unhappy in the less-than-glamorous French Ligue 1 - and another player who has made his name by scoring goals. A lot of goals.

Cavani certainly has the physique to play Premier League football. The Uruguayan stands at over six feet tall but is surprisingly nimble with the ball at his feet. The 27-year-old is also no slouch and has very good technique when running with the ball.

Cavani likes to shoot from outside the box but, like Falcao, it is inside the penalty area that “El Matador” truly comes alive.

The former Napoli man has that uncanny knack of being the right place at the right time and many of the 29 goals he scored for Napoli in the 2012/13 season came from inside the six yard box.

This term, in France, Cavani has found himself overshadowed by an outstanding season from Zlatan Ibrahimovic but still managed to find the back of the net 25 times.

Again, though, Cavani would certainly not come cheap. PSG would would to recoup most of the near 65m euros they shelled out for him last year.

Ability: 8/10

Cost: 10/10

Suitability: 7/10

Samuel Eto’o

He mightn’t exactly set pulses racing, but Liverpool could do worse than the signing of former Chelsea, Barcelona and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o on a short-term basis.

Eto’o’s acquisition would enable Brendan Rodgers more time to find the best possible long-term replacement for Suarez and give the Reds a proven goalscorer in the short-term.

Because that is what Eto’o is, and always has been, a proven goalscorer.

Even at Chelsea last season the 33-year-old scored nine goals in 21 Premier League appearances, not bad for somebody in the twilight of their career.

The Cameroonian has scored goals at every club he has been at in his career - and there’s no reason he wouldn’t do that for Liverpool. His overall goalscoring record 303 in 608 games is practically one in two - and he has managed to keep that ratio at almost every club he is been at.

But there's a big problem with Eto’o. Wages.

After earning a reported $21m a year at Anzi in Russia, Eto’o earned just $8m for his year at Chelsea. Just $8m.

Would FSG want to pay a 33-year-old that sort of money? Probably not. Would Eto’o want to take a wage cut? Probably not.

With interest from various European clubs including Dutch champions Ajax, Eto’o won’t be short of offers, whether one of those comes from Anfield remains to be seen.

Ability: 6/10

Cost: 7/10

Suitability 6/10

Ezequiel Lavezzi

OK, so he’s not exactly going to come cheap, but the 29-year-old Argentina international would certainly be a less expensive acquisition than Falcao or Cavani as he has just one year remaining on his current PSG deal and has yet to agree a new contract with the French champions.

Which may allow Liverpool to strike while the proverbial iron is hot.

However as far as a replacement for Suarez goes, Lavezzi mightn’t totally fit the bill.

The Argentinian international is very highly rated. He’s full of the willing running and has bags of talent but just doesn’t provide the goals that Liverpool’s former number seven does.

Lavezzi’s goal return in his time at PSG stands at just 12 league goals in 60 appearances and, other than his first season of first-team football in Argentina, he has never hit double figures in the league.

The former Napoli man can play anywhere across the frontline and has exceptional dribbling skills and excellent pace. He likes to drift out wide and run at defenders, often winning penalties and free-kicks in the process. He’s a tireless worker and, much like Suarez, his constant running unsettles opposition defenders.

Despite being an exceptional player, it’s hard to see Lavezzi fitting in at Anfield. He hardly provides the goal threat that Liverpool are looking to replace and, in Raheem Sterling, Adam Lallana, Philippe Coutinho and Lazar Markovic, the Reds have an abundance of players likely to play behind the frontmen.

Ability: 7/10

Cost: 6/10

Suitability: 5/10

Mauro Icardi

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Another player consistently linked to Liverpool throughout the summer is once-capped Argentine Mauro Icardi.

The 21-year-old, who plays for Inter Milan, might fit the bill of what FSG and Rodgers look for in a player - young, talented with good re-sale value

Should they move for Icardi, Liverpool will replace a player moving to Barcelona with a player who left the Camp Nou in order to further his career.

Icardi departed Barcelona in 2011, to join Sampdoria on loan. After scoring 13 goals in 19 games the Italians snapped up Icardi for a bargain 400,000 euros. He then scored another 10 goals for the club before being bought by Inter Milan at the start of the last campaign.

And that is where he really caught the eye, scoring nine goals in just 22 games for the Italian giants and earning a call-up to the senior national side in the process.

The youngster likes to play on the shoulder of the last defender and is a powerful striker with a great leap and impressive heading as well as the ability to finish, often first time, with both feet.

He also has exceptional close control, often shifting effortlessly onto either foot in order to get a shot away.

Inter would be loathed to let a player who has made just 22 first team appearances leave the San Siro and he won’t come cheap. Signing Icardi would certainly be a gamble because of his relative inexperience at first-team level.

Ability: 8/10

Cost: 8/10

Suitability: 8/10

Luis Muriel

Type the name Luis Muriel into Google and one of the first matches that appears is Liverpool.

That shows just how many times this young Colombian striker has been linked with a move to Anfield.

Scratch a little below the surface however, and you will see that one thing this striker brings to the table is hype. A whole shed-load of hype.

Whether or not he lives up to that hype remains to be seen, but the jury is still out on the 23-year-old Udinese forward.

In theory, he’d fit exactly into what Liverpool would want to replace Suarez. Young, hungry with great pace, skill and an eye for goal, Muriel was rated as one of the best players to come out of Colombia in recent years and was snapped up by Udinese at the age of 19.

At his very best Muriel certainly justifies the hype so often attached to him. Lightning quick, with great dribbling skills and a good work ethic, Muriel likes to drift across the forward line hurting defences with his ability to run with the ball, his passing and intelligent movement.

Muriel impressed with seven goals during a loan spell at Lecce in 2011/12 and built on that success the following year back at Udinese. However his progress stalled somewhat last term as Muriel suffered with form and fitness and scored just four goals for the Italians.

It seems unlikely that Liverpool would gamble on replacing one Luis with another for the time being - but, should he get back on track next term, those links with Liverpool may resurface once again very soon.

Ability: 6/10

Cost: 6/10

Suitability: 6/10