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After managing only nine goals through its first seven games of the 2012-13 Premier League season, Liverpool are all but certain to invest in a new striker in the January transfer window.

According to talkSPORT, Reds boss Brendan Rodgers has his heart set on Celtic's 24-year-old Englishman, Gary Hooper, after contract talks between the striker and his club broke down.

Hooper has scored 60 goals in 100 appearances for the Bhoys since joining from Scunthorpe for £2.4 million in July 2010.

Liverpool would be well served to pursue Hooper in January. Here are four reasons why.